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Kept myself busy today & hacked lumps off the car. quite scarey, but once it was done there was no turning back.
Before
cordobabrendy
16-11-2002, 18:51
you need to get hold of the grille too mate, same as jase, its the only bit that shows its age at the front now.
Lookin good otherwise matey!:cheers:
Cheers bud
i could do, but then it's slam panel, lights & the grill & wings for a perfect fit.
just want to tidy it before it's my rag machine. hidden boot build tomorrow as I can't be bothered to do the rear beam
Mark
hopkinsgm
16-11-2002, 22:36
Originally posted by MarkP
...as I can't be bothered to do the rear beam...
Know that feeling - I got as far as buying the wheel bearings for the 'rocco... Mind you, an Ibiza rear beam is only a 4 bolt job (alright, plus brake hoses and handbrake cable), maybe that's what the spanner rating in Haynes refers to?
just thinking that my fingers half froze this morning... plus the feeling that I might break the stub axle bolts.
so I'm going to build a new beam with new brake lines, and stubs much easier then
M
Dormouse
16-11-2002, 22:59
I spent a hour fitting a dump valve today...bloody compressing locking clips....(which meant removing the strut brace). Also, the clips were right behind the hoses...
Stil got my s**t pipe conversion done.
Dor
hopkinsgm
16-11-2002, 23:01
Ah right, the replacement beam has no brakes attached? Yeah, that will make it a bit bigger job. Make sure you have some new bolts for the rear brakes. And use a 6 face socket on them, not a 12 face one - else it'll all end in tears...
max_torque
18-11-2002, 11:25
Sorry about all the scratches on the bumper, my parking skills always were slightly suspect:D
I've probably got all the lower black plastic cover bits that clip into the holes round the towing eye etc. (if i can find them in my shed!)(mind you, leave them off, less weight!)
no worries, it's getting a spattering of mesh (lightweight of course) on the weekend
saved loads of weight from all the metal that I cut off (and cut myself on)
parking scratches - you could at least have pretended there were some heroics involved.
cordobabrendy
18-11-2002, 11:52
yea, the odd story about a...........
heroic swerve to avoid that pesky white line in the middle of the road.
heroic dash out of the way of the oncoming dead leaf fluttering at a steady rate of knots towards the windscreen.
herioc picnic where the missus got a good seeing to on the bonnet.....
i could go on!!:devil:
max torque,hows the project coming along any recent piccies???:cheers:
i took a few last week jason.
i'll shrink em & post em
hopkinsgm
18-11-2002, 23:12
Is that a promise or a threat Jase? :D
does your car have one of these?
speed blur - LOL
you can just make out the twin cams
Lucky_32
18-11-2002, 23:28
Looking good Mark,
Need some polishing done?
Need to shed some weight myself get a nice bit a ali mesh from B&Q etc - same as the Foilatech stuff but "Cheap as chips" - well 1/4 the price anyway...
Been looking reading the latest PVW mag - Seriously quick MK1 golfs off a 1.3 litre and a throttle bodied beauty (MMM). Launch control anyone? (not 1:30 a.m. on a Friday night after 10 pints).
Been shaving bits off my rear arch with the 10mm spacers - lost a few grammes there anyway...;)
V impressed with the change in handling with the extra track though just need a bit more space between me and T' Tarmac.
Recomend the Splitfire Coild Spring asssitors/bump stops to stop those embarasing F2 scraping moments.
By the way I have some spacers (15mm and 17 mm going spare). The design does not fit the rear hub of my Cordy - may fit yours or can machine the centre out a bit - hub centric adaptor is separate thank god (too wide for me anyway) They fit the front fine (have 15mm up front at the moment with only a little rubbing with the 225's!).
:cheers:
ibizacupra
19-11-2002, 08:18
Originally posted by MarkP
does your car have one of these?
A rear diff in a cradle..........:confused: me am confused.
Who's is this?
Bill
max_torque's Bill, Paul gave me the bumper after he has no need for it - don't panic I haven't got happy with the angle grinder.
max_torque
19-11-2002, 13:01
Usually there is not much left to photograph, let alone give to someone for there car after i have had a "heroic" moment!
(i've got the pics somwhere of my last rally car, in which i clipped a wall in Epynt whilst flat in 4th, and rolled 4 or 5 times! (sorry lost count half way through as i had closed my eyes!)
Ibiza NRC (Northampton Rally Car!) is getting together slowly, but work keeps getting in the way. Hopefully Kevlar bodywork will have progressed by christmas and gearbox will have arrived.
(getting a bit bogged down in little things like Carbon fibre mounts for the damper resevoirs etc!)
Dormouse
19-11-2002, 18:36
From the 'blurred' pics (sorry mp) it looks like it's going to be a cracking car. Love to know more m8.
Dor gets jealous his cars still under warrenty, other wise it would be mod time :)...
Dor
apols, it was cold & i was excited :D
M
Dormouse
19-11-2002, 18:45
NP....i guess the exposure time in the dark didn't help any.
Dor.