When are those bad boys going on?Toe link bearings :
£159 plus postage from a major U.K. supplier.
Or £92.66 from Amazon :
Delivered today (less than a week), with no additional fees …
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It will be a while as I don't want to risk the car off the road over summer (summer ... ? lol), I have read that this job can be a pain in the arse depending on how stubborn the old bushes want to be when they come out. Some people have had to resort to drilling / burning the rubber centre out, cutting the steel outer and then peeling the shell out ...
Interesting what you observed whilst working under the car. Maybe I'll upgrade my suspension after the summer. I keep flip flopping in my mind about it.It will be a while as I don't want to risk the car off the road over summer (summer ... ? lol), I have read that this job can be a pain in the arse depending on how stubborn the old bushes want to be when they come out. Some people have had to resort to drilling / burning the rubber centre out, cutting the steel outer and then peeling the shell out ...
I might save it as a winter job and do it when I clean up under the arches ready for next year.
I also need to source or make a tool to fit / remove these bushes - at least some of the money I saved on the purchase price can be put towards that
I'm looking forward to seeing what a difference they make as what made my mind up on getting them was working under the car - even with the weight of the car on its wheels, you can pull / twist the toe link and visibly see the outer toe link bush deflecting.
It's also interesting to see that BMR alter their setup guidelines depending on whether or not these bushes are fitted - they recommend less toe on the rear when they are fitted (I guess to compensate for the lack of toe change that the standard bush allows to happen). Ref note 3 :
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all good really. Need to get in for a air con service and brake fluid change as recommended but might save that for MOT time in a few months
Try putting your vid on youtube and then providing a link here. Has worked for me.
Very nice !I picked my car up from GT101 yesterday, and it finally feels complete. It feels like the whole car is now in balance. The power, chassis/suspension and noise all feel perfectly matched. All it took was a Stage 2 Whipple!
I'm a bit of a tart so got new badges to match too.
Not just the Whipple fitted, also had the OPG and CS done (gotta enjoy that new 7600 redline!) and the Fosters sound mod (stage 4) to get the whine in the cabin.
Just a couple of weeks until I can enjoy full throttle at Goodwood on a track day. With this weather and public roads I'm not getting my foot all the way to the floor!
EDIT: Also did the tri-bars a couple of weeks ago. Thanks @V8_MOTOR for the tutorial!
Power wise it’ll be 625-675 at the wheels most likely. Which is apparently 800+ according to some others when they want to impress some strangers on the internet!Very nice !
What power does that produce and do you have a full list of chassis / supporting mods you could share ?
Cheers,
WD
the blast over the top of Exmoor on the A39 is rather fun too...
nice shot of the sun setting? Glad you got your camping trip in though with the recent forecasts brave man tenting haha. Good jobGot back from my camping trip the other day. 672 miles, 22mpg and the car's absolutely filthy but I'd 100% recommend it
Thanks, that was on the last night just before I went to bed, the only dry night I had! The tent was faultless to be fair for a pop-up one, never woke up wet or anything even if it had been chucking it down, but the car was flawless. No issues whatsoever from that side of things but it does need a good clean inside and out
