a little of the cars history...... i originally bought the car about 2 1/2 years ago from paul higgs cars in wordlsey. i did a few bits and bobs to the car to get it right, and to get it more inline with what i wanted. this is the first pic i took the same day i got the car. but by this point i had already messed with it so its not exactly as i bought it. at this point it had only covered 21k miles!!!
the day i picked the car up it was already running when i got there, i paid up and went to drive home, at this point i realised it had a terrible missfire! never mind i thought, and just managed to get it home so i could have a proper look and sort it out.
it had the worng coil, the points were worn and the condenser was on the blink. so i changed the lot and fitted an electronic dizzy i had from a previous car. so that got it running right.
next was the suspension, i went straight to see a friend who had a hydrolastic pump, (i have since bought my own) so we lifted it up so it would actually drive, this was because when i picked it up someone had let all the fluid out so it was right on the bump stops, it wouldnt even get out of the carpark without scraping the bottom!
the next thing i had to sort out pretty quick was the wheels. it came with these 12" minilights on, and as you know the offset is wrong for a metro meaning they stick out too far. i did loads of hunting before having to make a 400 mile round trip to pick up these mk1 turbo wheels, but it was worth it though as they had been stripped and were very straight. i got myself a set of yokohama a0539 175-50-13s and had them fitted, meaning i could sell the minilights back to paul where i got it from.
more recently a friend got a full janspeed exhaust system and an lcb manifold for a metro, it was all as new and he only wanted £50 for it so i fitted that along with an mg metro inlet that i had for ages in the garage. its a very well made system that fitted straight out the box, and its really quiet when its running, its barely louder than standard, which is a blessing as we have been on holiday in it a few times and im sure the missis would have moaned at the racket otherwise!
i took these an hour ago, i had just wiped the dirt off, it normally much cleaner than this.
i only got round to fitting these today, i also fitted new shoes and changed a wheel cylinder that had seized. the spacer built into the minifins is wider than the one on the original metro cast iron item. i thought i would try it first but its not to my liking, ill machine the spacer down next week, back the original width, will save a few more grams too!
Edited by cradley-heathen, 11 November 2012 - 04:59 PM.
