Wee mans Arosa Track day project working again Thanks Grandad !!!

[tris]

Fair play mate if she is fixed will u take her back to where it nearly died in may?

 

[ArosaRacer]

yeah i might do, depends if the latest project on it has been started or not

 

[ArosaRacer]

Ok ive put the wheels on and the drivers side wheel is still cambering out top about 20 degrees, ive replaced lower arm and cv joint, Checked for visable chassis damage now im thinking its coil overs needed to replace a bent suspension leg

 

[ArosaRacer]

Today i started stripping the arosa down, ready for suspension to be removed and replaced

hoping that Mum and Amanda have listened to me and get me Coilovers!!

 

[m0rk]

what was on it before?

 

[F2 Stu]

Eibachs iirc

 

[m0rk]

springs & dampers?

probably easier to have just replaced the dampers as you get the new ones rather than building the ornament you have

 

[ArosaRacer]

thats not staying like it m0rk it WILL return to some form of action soon

 

[ArosaRacer]

Coilovers will be here on tuesday wednesday, now have the Golf as well so i will run the arosa in diesel for a few weeks then rip it apart

 

[ArosaRacer]

Today my Coilovers were delivered (Thanks Mum & Dad)

which ive fitted, not set them up yet

 

[Boo]

Looks good Gary, how difficult are they to fit roughly ?

 

[ArosaRacer]

not hard really Boo, its the set up that takes time, it took about an hour to do all four

 

[WeeJase]

Looks good Gary, how difficult are they to fit roughly ?

about an hour to fit them roughly,about 4 to fit them properly

 

[m0rk]

about an hour to fit them roughly,about 4 to fit them properly

that's because the car already had been perched up with no suspension on some garden furniture 1st

surprised it took an hour to chuck them on... it's not like it's on the ground yet?

 

[ArosaRacer]

no m0rk its on ramps and blocks, it took an hour as i had too suck air between my teeth scratch my arse and say how much it was costing!

 

[ArosaRacer]

right here goes put the lower arm on the car and ball joint, put the wheel on and this is the angle im faced with, the toe on the wheel is where ive turned the steering its the massive camber now, i've been told i need a new hub, as the casting may be bent

Passenger side Normal

Drivers side Fubared

Any ideas as im begining to lose interest in the car now and im thinking about getting rid

 

[m0rk]

what exactly did you hit?

 

[ArosaRacer]

the Ball joint snapped i went sideways over the curbs at lydden thats all i remember

 

[ArosaRacer]

im not sure if the carrier from an ibiza will fit as mine is a 6N0 number and the Ibiza is a 1H0

 

[1litre wonder]

did you bend the hub?? i know its like cast iron but still , have you tried pushing in the the top of the hub closer to the coilover leg and pulling out the bottom one ?? that should level it out