what have you done to your car today ?

[Nam-uk]

We've got a new addition to our SEAT family. My daughter's boyfriend just passed his test & so after my advice, he bought a Mk5 Ibiza FR.
We now have three SEATS's on the drive & looking a bit fanboy now

SEATINATOR come back from the future to sell the SEAT brand ... ill be back

 

[Battoussai]

MOT is always a pain but this time I got to give them a good tip in the jar
They told me the car could be (or not) having a wasted inner tie rod. In fact, when braking I felt like a pulse on the brake pedal, like a bent brake disc or one side braking more than another.
So I went for it and took off the right side tie rod. The picture speaks for itself - left one is new and is stiff like a rottweiler and at the right you see that totally loose old piece of tie.

Now the car brakes better without vibration and no more clunk noise during bumps on the road. Just need a wheel alignment (second this year) and good to go win the MOT.
Note: Changed both sides and go for Lemforder ones.

 

[BadBoy03]

Off topic, but been the week for it

 

[Battoussai]

And another MOT passed. No advisory. Just like I like

 

[BadBoy03]

And another MOT passed. No advisory. Just like I like

Grats!

 

[BadBoy03]

Sorted out my power steering issue & now it's booked in on Saturday for test drive & braking diagnosis
It's fully insured again, so hopefully once I get this issue fixed, get 2x front tyres, I can get it MOT ready.
Maybe, just maybe we'll hit the roads again this summer

 

[Manic172]

Evening all.. right ... there is some clever ones among us.
Just wondering. Does any one know the dimensions for the centers of the lower arms.

I am rebuilding my adjustable lower arms . But wanna set them "factory " for a starting point.
. Also.whats the wheel base. Center to center if anh one knows

 

[MoToJoJo]

Evening all.. right ... there is some clever ones among us.

Not me, I'm an idiot. But I do have a silly amount of data

Just wondering. Does any one know the dimensions for the centers of the lower arms.

Balljoint centre to front LCA bush centre - 395mm
Front of front LCA bush to centre of rear LCA bush - 340
Don't know balljoint to rear bush centre

Also.whats the wheel base. Center to center if anyone knows

2513mm is spec

 

[Dazzalcr]

Sorted out my power steering issue & now it's booked in on Saturday for test drive & braking diagnosis
It's fully insured again, so hopefully once I get this issue fixed, get 2x front tyres, I can get it MOT ready.
Maybe, just maybe we'll hit the roads again this summer

Nice 1 that's great news bet you can't wait fella.

 

[BadBoy03]

Nice 1 that's great news bet you can't wait fella.

I can't mate. I'm truly excited to stretch my legs out on the open road with him.

 

[Battoussai]

Sorted out my power steering issue & now it's booked in on Saturday for test drive & braking diagnosis
It's fully insured again, so hopefully once I get this issue fixed, get 2x front tyres, I can get it MOT ready.
Maybe, just maybe we'll hit the roads again this summer

What was the power steering issue solution?

 

[iammooks]

Steering is giving me some problems at the moment too. When I'm turning the wheel, I'm noticing it feels tighter or harder to turn. I haven't noticed it happening all the time, and it doesn't seem to be in a particular place. Fluid's all fine. I really don't want to have to do anything to the rack, or replace it, because that's a piiiiiiiiiig of a job.

In other news, my dad's gone electric and sold the car he had this in...

Amazon.co.uk

He's offered it to me, but has anyone else put someone like that in their car and how's it performed?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk