BB4 bye,bye

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:18 pm

Vtecmec wrote:Revenge is a dish best served...........

with a hose pipe spraying water on the road all around her car while the temp is below 0

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:11 am

Maybe i should let you guys know she was quite aggressive when i spoke to her and said she had contacted the police about the note i left on her car as she "thought it was some kind of joke"

she then went on to say she had damage done to her car recently and had nails in the tyres etc etc. I had anticipated a denial but not quite to this extent but i told her i wasnt interested in talking about that

Abviously a crock of jobby....

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:23 pm

Donald's sentiment is not unreasonable then?

Post by **vanzep** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:15 pm

getting the lude ready for winter conditions

brakes - fixed - new mc working well and pedal is as firm as it should be

conti winter and oem wheels back on - this was earlier than anticipated but a punture in the passenger side front meant it was as good a time as any to change both fronts over

so ive oem wheels with contis on the front and piaa nakajimas with rainsport 3's on the back for the time being. I will swap the rear piaas over before they start gritting the roads

wanted to get my cornering lights fitted but turns out im missing a couple of the small sections of loom at either end so thats a no go at the moment

dug out my old mugen sideskirts - im thinking of selling them

weighed them just out of curiosity

the sides are 800g and the support bar is 700g - so thats 1.5 kilos as side.

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:44 pm

Well the mugen sideskirts went to a new home

so money was spent on new rear discs and pads and a new clevis pin and clip for the handbrake.
Pagid rear discs and OEM pads.
The discs were a bargain at £8.99each and the OEM pads were £27.50 plus vat.
Rear pad part number 43022-SV4-A03 was told that now supercedes 43022-SL5-525.
I got these parts fitted and the handbrake properly adjusted for the first time in a decade.

When i got my MOT earlier this year i could see from the brake test report that the handbrake wasnt working properly on one side so i removed the centre console and got it adjusted properly .
no more creaky handbrake

It just shows you how many garages dont do this simple adjustment after carrying out arear brake service. I even went to the expense of having one of the cable replaced as i was advised it needed replaced in order to get handbrake thru mot. Looking back on it i doubt that was needed so i wont be making that mistake again

Also got some pagid front discs to fit and just need to order up some oem pads.

Brakes are as good as they were when i bought the car so its a good result

Post by **Drax** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:59 pm

excellent stuff

good old Euro Car Parts

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:29 pm

cheers @Drax gotta say the rear discs are very good - I like the fact they are coated so shouldnt rust up round the edges. Prices have gone way up since buying them so was just lucky.
getting the brakes fixed is money well spent

as you know i have aquired a modified ATR intake manifold and TB so now im thinking about cams, P28 with hondata S300 and a tune. its going to cost a bit but im still deciding if i want to make any changes right now

I will be keeping an eye on your build thread

Post by **Drax** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:58 pm

i got the same set at the same price after you posted the link recently

the atr tb, cams (a7/a8/type s ones i guess?), p28 & s300 sounds like a good plan! a few people doing this now including @damon , make sure you keep your thread up to date with it

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:40 pm

Not a good day for the lude with suspect driveshaft failure

No untoward noise or warning and then sever wobble at about 70mph and kickback through the steering
Initially i thought it was a blow out on one of the front tyres and it did sound like that as well with a sort of whump, whump like sound

I pulled over and checked things over - couldnt find anything wrong, so drove on a bit but obviously something was broken - steering was twitchy to say the least....
so i crawled to the nearest garage - had it up on the ramps with wheels spinning in gear and there is a noticeable wobble on the passenger side wheel yet the driveshaft doesnt feel too bad
dug out a couple of rusty old spares and bits and took them along to be fitted on Monday- lets hope they do the trick

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:40 pm

Bummer, possibly the wheel bearing?

Lude Generation

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