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Love these threads too! What was that anti-hologram polish for the wood trims? And did you apply it by hand? I tried polishing up a couple of sections of my trim using Maguire's plastic trim polish and a microfibre towel. Came up much better than when I started, but I couldn't get rid of those holographic swirls. You might have to send me some
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Looks good....sooooooo much work. Worth it. It's what I think Roy Castle would have called "dedication" :-)
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PF late '97 D2 2.8 Aluminium Silver. Solar roof, Full Heated Leather, Double Glazing, 17" wheels, Sports Steering Wheel, Cruise, Blinds, Bose sound. Fiat Tipo diseasel econobox with all the buttons and none of the soul that now does all the heavy lifting. Ford Capri Laser: noisy, slow, thirsty, bouncy, no buttons but it always sounds like it’s REALLY trying and I can’t help but chuckle when it parps and boings along. And people of a certain age stare at it with a wistful look in their eyes that clearly says…I had one of them. And I sold it because of the kids |
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Some parts have quite deep scratches which won't come out this way, but if they're shiny enough you can't see the scratches once the parts are in the car. The handbrake trim and the one above the rear vents really need re-painting so I pinched them from the other FE for the meet |
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Some pics of fitting the exhaust. The factory system is made in one piece, and you split it at the rear diff when replacing parts of it, or removing parts for access to other things. In my case, I split it when I fitted the towbar. Slightly unfortunately, the Supersport backbox is designed for the system to be split rather further back than I chose to do it, leaving a bit of an air gap:
Luckily, I still had Vera's scrap exhaust so I could salvage the needed pipework from this Also somewhat vexing, Supersport didn't account for the factory towbar in their design I cut a large chunk out of the box until it cleared, and then welded a plate back in but forgot to take a pic of the result. Welded in the pieces I salvaged from Vera's middle box so that the new backbox met up with my middle box so it all fits nicely I'm very pleased with the sound from it, as a few of you heard at the meet. Nice and rumbly without being too loud. There's a bit of drone at 2000rpm, but the S8 gearing means its rarely in that range on the move, and if it is, just knock it in to 'S' to drop a gear and get up to 3000. It also makes a very subtle grumble on over-run. |
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My new 20" wheels really highlighted how tired the rear suspension bushes were getting. There was a shimmy at 40-50mph, and on the twisty bits I could feel the back end squirming about. I wanted to do them before the meet but just ran out of time so did them this weekend instead.
The bushes didn't look that bad, and would still pass an MoT no problem, but they were definitely done for. The disc splash plates had seen better days too, and with the new wheels they were really obvious and bugged me at the meet! I should have ordered new ones for the weekend but forgot They came off nicely though Forgot to loosen the hub bolt while the brake disc was still on. Never mind! Compressed the spring to get the lower arm out Lower arm off The split bushes were pretty manky - the rubber just popped out with a screwdriver! There was only about 1 sq cm left bonded. The larger bush looked ok, but again hardly any of it was still bonded The hub bush was even worse Everything removed I took the opportunity to replace the toe adjustment bolt since these often seize in to the toe arm, meaning you can't adjust the wheel alignment and have to get creating with a sawzall to change the arms. The bushes in these arms were perfectly fine so I put them back on. Its weird how all three lower bushes at the rear completely disintegrate yet the upper lot hardly wear at all. Plenty of copper grease on the bolts will ensure they don't seize in the future. New bushes fitted and ready to go back on. I forgot to take any pics of it going back together, or fitting the bushes, but thats all covered in Big Red's thread so doesn't need repeating here Since I was going to be able to complete the job at the weekend I sanded down the splash plates and re-painted them rather than waiting a few days for new ones to come. I would just replace them on a customer car since it's cheaper, but I wanted it all finished While the car was on the lift I also addressed the screech from the front brakes. Despite frantic filing on the Friday morning before the meet while Johannes was patiently waiting to leave, three of four pads were still too tight in the calipers. There's no corrosion under the pad carriers - the pads just don't fit properly I spent some time on them this time and noted where the pads were tight and filed them down a tiny bit at the time so they were free in the calipers but not rattling about, then greased up all the moving edges. I also lightly sanded the friction surface to get rid of any glazing that might have occurred during the drive round the Peak District and then reassembled everything. I managed a road test this time and she drives sooo nicely now Totally stable and no shimmy. The brakes actually feel pretty good for the first time since I got the car, and no more screech Last edited by MikkiJayne; 18th June 2018 at 10:09 PM. |
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Nice work MJ. And again thanks for the photos, they give confidence to a home mechanic like myself.
What sort of torque did you need to remove the hub bolt?
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Is it perfect now? *curious*
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40kg force on the bar, which is 392 Newtons, on a 0.914m bar equates to 358 Nm
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