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[Jared Mk3]

Looks so good underneath that front fender, great job!

[big-jay]

Looks so good underneath that front fender, great job!

Thanks Jared !

[jamesquintin]

Great work! Where's the front/rear brake pipe though..?

 

Q

[big-jay]

Great work! Where's the front/rear brake pipe though..?
 
Q

Thanks,

I was planning on fitting it yesterday but unfortunately it's split, so another will have to be made up and fitted at a later date, probably next week !

[rounders]

Lovely work so far,but are the front damper mounts on upside down?

[big-jay]

Lovely work so far,but are the front damper mounts on upside down?

Cheers,

The damper mounts are for lowered cars, as are the Gaz Dampers. This just means that the shock Is smaller and has less travel, so the pin in the damper mount is positioned lower down, to avoid 'over stretching' the damper.

[domdee]

it looks absoulutely superb!

Edited by domdee, 14 October 2014 - 11:09 AM.

[big-jay]

i looks absoulutely superb!

Thanks buddy !

[big-jay]

Update,

I haven't been able to get as much done as I would have liked this weekend, due to me having a bout of man flu.

ill start with what I bought throughout the week, some more smiffys bits and stainless p-clips -



Went down to minispares on Friday and picked this lot up, the wheel bearing kit is genuine timken, the cheaper ones looked a bit dodgy in my opinion -



First job of the day was to get the fuel and brake lines in place using the p-clips, here's the fuel pipe -





And the brake line -





The p-clips look great and are a lot more substantial than what the factory used to hang the lines.

Happy with that, we moved on to the front hubs. We started with the drivers side hub and fitted the new bearings, ball joints and stainless bits and pieces onto it, here's the finished hub -





I degreased and cleaned up the original timken bearings that we removed from the passenger hub. There in really good condition as I would expect seeing as my car had a relatively low milage before the rebuild.

Degreasing the bearings -



Cleaned up and awaiting to be fitted -



Packed the bearing full of high temperture, automobile grease -



And fitted into the hub with new dust seals. I couldn't fit the ball joints unfortunatley due to me running out of shims -





Fitted the adjustable tie rods and adjustable bottom arms to the drivers side, their set to the standard lengths at the moment -



And fitted the hub into place -



We've also temporarily fitted the doors back onto the car as they where getting in the way and I don't want them damaged.

Here's how the door gapping's are looking on the drivers side -







It was definitely worth that extra weekend getting them right, it's really paid off !

Couldn't get a decent picture of the passenger door as the space is tight that side, I'll pull her out tomorrow and take some though !

Edited by big-jay, 19 October 2014 - 06:46 PM.

[HarrysMini]

Everything looks perfect as usual, Jay 

[big-jay]

Everything looks perfect as usual, Jay 

Thanks a lot mate

[StefanPieter]

That is just beautiful!

 

Man you put the bar very high.

 

Well done. 

[big-jay]

That is just beautiful!
 
Man you put the bar very high.
 
Well done.

Thanks mate,

We do try to make things the best they can be, I'm glad it shows !

[Jared Mk3]

Those gaps look even better with paint! 

[big-jay]

Those gaps look even better with paint!

They certainly do Jared !

Thanks buddy