discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 10/02/13 10:22 AM Posted 10/02/13 10:22 AM Taken from my build thread.Fitted upper arms with new ball joints today. Took them out yesterday after showing Ralphie this video...was searching for the source of a knocking sound I've had for 2 weeks...http://youtu.be/MvQ6834fQR0He advised this was serious business (wheels folding over are pretty serious). We had previously planned to be fitting new suspension on Saturday so Ralph happened to have various maintenance bits to go in at the same time, luckily upper ball joints were one of them! Suspension isn't here yet though so messing around on the car was off the cards, at least until this. I was left with one option yesterday - to take out the upper arms and get the gf to drive me over to the Bush Doctor so he could press in the newies. That was my Saturday spent. Slow going when you are an IT guy doing your own car work.So yeah refitted the arms today after much farking around. Would have been so easy to take out/put in the arms if I had coilovers (small springs) but the stock springs block the removal of one of the bolts that hold the arm to the chassis bracket! And you can't put the bolts in from the outsides as the wheel arch is too close. That means dropping the shock and spring, which needs the sway bar link removed first...got there in the end though. Big thanks to Luke for the advice and last minute help.Was wishing I had some new sway bars and shocks to go in while I was under there, perfect opportunity! After this I'm pretty sure I'm going to fit the new suspension myself when it arrives, I'm a sucker for punishment.Thanks to Ford for the placement of the bolts!
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/02/13 04:50 AM Posted 13/02/13 04:50 AM (edited) I just can't stop!Smashed in my new speakers last night, loving the drive around today!New on top, old on bottomPolk Audio MM571 that come with a cute little external crossover unit. I wrapped that in large bubble wrap to avoid it vibrating against the inside door cover but here's a prettier pic Edited 13/02/13 04:51 AM by -SteveR-
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/02/13 05:27 AM Posted 13/02/13 05:27 AM Sooo how does it sound ?
johno Legacy Donating Member 773 Member For: 15y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 13/02/13 08:41 AM Posted 13/02/13 08:41 AM I bought some new brakes for my ute.
hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 15y 13d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 13/02/13 10:08 AM Posted 13/02/13 10:08 AM Chirped second 1
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/02/13 10:16 AM Posted 13/02/13 10:16 AM Filled window washer bottle
#96 Member 281 Member For: 13y 10m Posted 13/02/13 10:25 AM Posted 13/02/13 10:25 AM Filled window washer bottlethat reminds me... mines empty
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 9m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/02/13 10:39 AM Posted 13/02/13 10:39 AM did you add a little window washer soap in there jet?
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/02/13 12:01 PM Posted 13/02/13 12:01 PM Whoor narrrrrr
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 14/02/13 02:33 PM Posted 14/02/13 02:33 PM that reminds me... mines empty+2 must be getting low again. I'm a high roller and have bug remover to pour in with my rain water.PS speakers sound great, highs are wayyyy better. Cymbals in my Metallica songs are actually realistic now! Also more bass than before (claimed response down to 38Hz) but I lack a sub, that's a bit down the list though.
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