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[ToM 2012]

not much off update but painted a few parts today and took some pics what it would look like with front wheels on. Here are some pics comments welcome thanks tom
wire brushed down ready for paint



now painted



also got battery cable in place

pics off what it would look like with front wheel on






abit low but looks cool



thats all for now hopefully get front wheels on saturday comments welcome thanks tom

[2-alex-2]

that looking realy good now wont be long and im sure you will be on the road. and lol if you could get away with it that low at teh fornt would look realy nice

[ToM 2012]

thanks mate hoping to get on the road around june and yeh does look nice low but i fink i will be getting threw alot of tyres or everyone will no where ive been from leaving grooves in the roads from my sump lol

[Andrew O]

Looking good, However i cant be 100 % but those tie bars look bent to me, Might cause you problems later on.

[benjy_18]

probably a good idea to invest in a new set of tie rods, they look awefully bent.

looking good with the wellers though, getting there fast!

[ToM 2012]

thanks andrew yeh i notice they was bent can this cause problems or will they be fine? cheers

[ToM 2012]

thanks benjy little by little getting there also what you fink get new orr will these be fine to use and how come they have bent? thanks tom

[benjy_18]

they will effect the suspension geometry and make it drive wierd, for the price of a set of heavy duty ones you may aswell go for them. afterall youve got enough shiny bits already whats a few more going to hurt?

they get bent from hitting potholes and curbs etc, they arent the strongest things ever made.

just so you know for future reference they are used to adjust the caster settings so can be very important if you like your mini to handle well.

[ToM 2012]

ok thanks for this fort i could off saved by using these again but i will look into some new ones thanks for making me empty my pocket more hehe

[Andrew O]

Yeah if they are bent it can my the handling strange and un predictable

[ToM 2012]

cheers andrew shall i get same again orr adjustable ones ?? what the difference

[Andrew O]

Well iv just kept the standard one for mine and i dont know what the benfit of adjustable ones is.

[ToM 2012]

kk mate thanks

[benjy_18]

it depends what you want to use the car for really, if its fast road then it may be worth getting adjustables as you can change your geometry settings to improve the handling, if its going to be a daily driver then standards will be fine.

[MiniFTW]

Looks great tom, Rockin the wellers I see! Couldent have gone for a better rim if you ask me.