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Minty_Fresh
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29th Apr 09 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate..

at the start i was thinking what the f*ck have i bought..

the rear wer knocking, the fronts wer banging very loud over minor bumps in the road..

but after re-fitting them with what i found out from people who have also got them, there sound, worth the cash..

well so far so good
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2nd May 09 at 13:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got abit of money going out now..

tax was up yesterday..

just wrote the cheque to send off to coilsprings for my custom rear springs..

then got to book the courier to go and collect some wheels..

and its booked in a local custom exhaust place to have a few bits done on the exhaust, so it sits nice and high etc so it gives me some clearance..

will get pics when its in exhaust place on tuesday


[Edited on 02-05-2009 by mk4_boy]
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hows the coilovers going atm dude?
can't wait to see the new wheels and exhaust
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cheers mate, exhaust aint going to be nothing special really, just having bits chopped and moved around so it doesnt scrape etc, also having the middle silencer removed (similar to what i had done on my silver corsa, but had a remus middle section on that)

yer coilovers are fine, chuffed with how they are so far tbh (touch wood)..




[Edited on 02-05-2009 by mk4_boy]
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oh sounds kool
i know what you mean about scraping of the exhaust
but i sorted that out at work

anything u recommend if purchasing those coilovers and fitting them?
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erm not sure what you mean by recommend dude..

but you need to use a few bits off the standard suspension, in order to get them right (as i found out)

get the tracking done after fitting them, and make sure underneath you have clearance (ie exhaust hanging low)

but shouldnt be back as there only 60mm rear etc..
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recommend things because i see you had problems with knocking and what not and not sure if its easy fixs or not
and oh sounds good, have to keep that in mind when i lower it
and my back ones will be 80mm so bit lower then the ones provided
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yer, 60mm ishl front and 80mm rear i wouldnt say you will run in to many/if no problems tbh..

on the fronts, you need to use all the upper top mount from the standard shocks, a rubber spacer in the top mounts on the front, use the standard bumpstops from standard shocks, and make sure you grease the threads up well as they sieze easy..

the rears, you need need the top of the standard dampers (bit that goes through the body), and i modifed the metal tube (cut it down) so i could get a decent amount of thread to tighten it up..

so not just bolt on stuff tbh..

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will the shocks be ok with the lower springs? looks a good car love that colour
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yer the shocks will be fine, need to trim the bump stops down but thats about it (left a fair bit in just incase though)
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smoked side reps just been orderd
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ok cheers mate good luck with the car
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5th May 09 at 18:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks mate..

little update:

well first thing this morning i sent off the cheque to coilsprings for my custom rear springs (going to take 15 working days tho :S but hay still here before pvs)

also took my car down to a local custom exhaust place..

heres some pics of what i had done.





had the cat, two big exhaust brackets and the middle silencer chopped out, and a straight pipe bent and fit into place..

sits perfect, nice and high for when it goes lower, but it sounds shite now though, as it sounds very tinny because of the standard backbox, so just won me this..



sportex 3" outrolled what i had on the white one, just needs abit of buffing with the autosol

will update again when i have a few things arrive

[Edited on 05-05-2009 by mk4_boy]
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It will still sound wank mate without a cat and middle silencer, will rasp its bag off, not good.
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That is going to be seriously loud without the cat on mate lol. Good polish and the backbox will be like new though
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i know thats really what i didnt want at all, but it needed to be done, i tryed smaller exhaust rubbers and it just banged underneath, the cat just sat to low, if i wouldnt have it off now, it would have been ripped off at a later date..

thats why i was after a magnex backbox as i know they dont give off much sound, but couldnt turn this down at the price tbh..

only time will tell when its fitted anyway..

function over form i say..

[Edited on 05-05-2009 by mk4_boy]
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Good work Jay.
Not a Kford tyres job I hope?
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yer it was mate (kford tyres) been there a few times now, theres a guy there that always does an ace job, and sorts me out with a decent price

had a bad experience from them before then mate?
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quote:
Originally posted by mk4_boy
yer it was mate (kford tyres) been there a few times now, theres a guy there that always does an ace job, and sorts me out with a decent price

had a bad experience from them before then mate?

Yeh once or twice with mates etc.
Speak as you find though aye? Yours looks a top job. What bore you gone for?
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just out of interrest how much was it for that pipe cheers
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You could prob have a small bullet centre silencer put in easily where the pipe sits high up around the central heat sheild... I've only got a bullet silencer on mine and it makes sure I get no rasp... probably a worthy addition, will still be raspy with no cat though

Mine:





As you can see it's still up outta the way
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thats spot on dave, thanks alot for that

i could try and get a small silencer from another car to stick in place

jay, im not sure what bore it is mate, he just matched it up with the standard pipe so it looks neat

x14xe ry, as ive been there a few times, and got the same chap to do it (as i know hes good at his job) i had all the work done for 30 notes, i mean you cant grumble with that tbh
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That looks like a solution ^^
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I never realised it was so tucked up till I looked at those old pics haha.

My car aint that low but my cat and mainly the lowest angled flange twats the floor a lot

Bear in mind I had a magnex decat with that centre pipe (powerflow made it for me so clears back axle well too, I've had the car full and it wont touch ) and a not too silenced backbox and it went from deep and bassy to rather raspy

But, I've got a magnex backbox now (quite heavily silenced as you say) and it's quieter with cat in place so dunno what it'd be like decatted... was gonna do it but just gonna sell the car
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nah that alright there a place near me in maidstone he wants 70 quid just for a de cat no wounder what he will charge for that

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