My constant work in progress 14a with added jdm'ness!!!

[swiftmini]

Thanks teggers for the email.

I was going to use protyre, but would rather go somewhere that has experience in setting up cars properly. As i've heard mixed reviews about protyre.

I can't get on theyre ramp anymore, used to remove the bumper but now my cars lower I have no chance.

Also the min they could set my caster to was 9* and when yhou reduce camber it actually increases on there system. Which is wrong.

[Chriscooke]

Hadn't thought about having trouble getting on ramps etc. Hope mine is ok. It's no where near as low as yours tho so should be ok

[Chriscooke]

Well today I finally got around to fixing my drivers window as the "stop" had snapped in half and wasn't actually stopping the window when it got to the top of it's travel I found all the bits at the bottom of the door and set at them with some fibre glass I've made one hell of a mess but at least the window is now working as it should

I've also finished fixing my side skirts and both those and the spats are now ready for paint

[Flik]

Well today I finally got around to fixing my drivers window as the "stop" had snapped in half and wasn't actually stopping the window when it got to the top of it's travel I found all the bits at the bottom of the door and set at them with some fibre glass I've made one hell of a mess but at least the window is now working as it should

I've also finished fixing my side skirts and both those and the spats are now ready for paint

Pics required of skirts

[Chriscooke]

Pics required of skirts

Not painted yet so not a huge amount of point really. Look the same as the pics of them on the car but now they have some primer

[Chriscooke]

Just took this picture of my alignment. Not suprised the cars driving badly at the moment



Can't wait for it to be aligned tomorrow so I can start driving it again

Edit: Oh and I really need to get my spacers on

[DeanS15]

woohoo - looks like its fun to drive. cant see the problem lol

[Chriscooke]

woohoo - looks like its fun to drive. cant see the problem lol

Ha ha it's not the best right now. feels like the back brakes are on, plus it's not exactly stable for some reason

[lewys14a]

Toe'd in a little

[Chriscooke]

Just a little Getting sorted tomorrow tho, Can't wait to be able to drive it again

Had a word with my sprayer tonight and he says he'll collect my skirts/spats next week and I should have them back in time for japfest

[Teggers]

Camber loooks fine The toe is a little off though...

Chris, mate, your tyres don't fit properly...

[Davus200]

Looks like mine did, i had mine done yesterday. The before results were terrible, havent been able to test if its any better in the corners yet because i need to get the archs rolled now.

[Chriscooke]

Camber loooks fine The toe is a little off though...

Chris, mate, your tyres don't fit properly...

Shut it you the tyres are fine

Looks like mine did, i had mine done yesterday. The before results were terrible, havent been able to test if its any better in the corners yet because i need to get the archs rolled now.

Arn't yours only et20 also? I may well have issues then. Mine are rolled but it's not a huge roll and i'm either going to have et10 or et5 depending how brave I am

[slider200]

who you using for your allignment??

[Chriscooke]

who you using for your allignment??

K&R in taunton mate. Will see how good they are later It's going to cost around £90 but it means I wont ruin my tyres driving miles to protyre in exeter

[Davus200]

Ye mine at et20 it scraps quite a bit on the back even being raised up quite a bit, front is fine though. Im running 235's on the back though so you may get away with it a bit more.

[Chriscooke]

I guess we'll see. Only got et20 on the rear at the moment with a 225 so if that scrubs i'm in trouble

[Chriscooke]

Today I had my alignment sorted and the car handles a lot lot better. I still have a nagging feeling that my pineapple subframe locking collars are not up to the job and are allowing the subframe to shift which stops the car feeling quite as stable as it should

Here are a couple of scans of how they have set the car up.





I asked for the sport setting below



Anyone able to tell me if this is ok or not as to be honest I have no idea what I am looking at

While I was there they also suggested that my coilovers didn't have enough droop and that this would effect the handling of the car dramatically

[lewys14a]

Looks pretty good to me

Droop ? do they mean your running to much pre-load ?

[Chriscooke]

Looks pretty good to me

Droop ? do they mean your running to much pre-load ?

Your not the first to mention preload. I may wind some off and see how that effects it. I asked them about preload at the time but the guy I was talking to wasn't really clued up.