My Cordoba Coupe Trackday Car Project

[m0rk]

stu - you got a pic? I'll have a measure of some off the car, but you shouldn't need 'much'

 

[F2 Stu]

I've crosschecked FK's catologe and I have the correct kit for the car

It just seems when you place the top mount on mit bearing, theres bugger all thread left for the retainer & nut

 

[m0rk]

don't slap me, but in the 2nd pic, is the nut all the way down?

 

[F2 Stu]

Nah but it can only go down another 1mm or so as its not nipped up tight.

 

[m0rk]

I think..... your top mount needs to be the other way up

 

[WeeJase]

memories of pasty crew at kevs **** up???iirc bearing underneath so maybe right mark

 

[F2 Stu]

B#####d Bloody F##king car

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[driveforward]

B#####d Bloody F##king car

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

Oh dear.. They not fit?

 

[F2 Stu]

Nah, I'm dripping claret all over the place as the metalwork around the rear topmounts is razor sharp.

 

[hopkinsgm]

...I'm dripping claret all over the place...

Best thing to do with Claret IMHO. Now, if it were a nice Cabernet Sauvignon, that'd be a different matter entirely...

I've been in a dry country too long...

 

[WeeJase]

i've some new gloves in the van stu,thin cotton with rubber palms and fingers,great for working on the car,thicker than pvc ones and not so sweaty,not tried them with fiddly bits yet though.

 

[F2 Stu]

I hate gloves, cant do any fiddly jobs with em.

Anyway, the suspension is on - sussed out the top mount issue - I did have it upside down and I also discarded the nut & springwasher that came with the kit, fitted fine with loads of thread.

Got the front end bob on level where I want it first time round, the rear however is about 2" higher than it was - looks like a cat on heat

The platform adjusters seem odd, Ive nipped them against each other yet I can still twist them on the thread

Strutbrace is on, (dented it with a bit of violence where needed ) as is the rear ARB (leaving the front std for now)

And I now have a flat battery

 

[WeeJase]

i did notice the spring washer last night,and thought"mmmm is that really necessary"


honest

 

[F2 Stu]

I'm going to leave it like that for the week then level it out before getting the allignment done.

 

[WeeJase]

Mad Max eat your heart out,never clean your car stu

 

[F2 Stu]

Not cleaned since october/november last year

got a couple of oil drums I could use as fuel tanks

 

[golden]

Its looking good stu although could do with a clean
Some very smart bits you are putting on there.
How much where the FK coilovers and did you fit them yourself?

Golden

 

[F2 Stu]

Coilovers were from Rimstyle around £600 for the silverline X varient.

Fitted them all by myself.

 

[Feel]

That's a look I often subscribe to - if anyone can figure out a way of stopping that clean patch on the driver's side skirt, I'd be grateful...

P.S. I think you need to change the blue centre caps.

 

[WeeJase]

That's a look I often subscribe to - if anyone can figure out a way of stopping that clean patch on the driver's side skirt, I'd be grateful...

lift your dress up a little when you get in and out,and make sure its not hanging out of the door when you close it emily