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Hit a curb side on, wheels are now facing inward.

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Post by Bludge » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:25 pm

Well i went and dropped the 2ws subframe and suspension from the guy i bought it from and got my new wheels. will swap it all over this week sometime and will update when its done.

Im gonna miss 4ws though... :cry:

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Post by LewisH » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:34 pm

Bludge wrote:Well i went and dropped the 2ws subframe and suspension from the guy i bought it from and got my new wheels. will swap it all over this week sometime and will update when its done.

Im gonna miss 4ws though... :cry:
I converted mine, and i will NEVER go back. But then i only drive around, 10 miles a week atm, Maybe less!
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Post by Bludge » Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:34 pm

I think i will feel safer in the car without the 4ws, but i will miss it. its a lot of fun when its working!

Oh well, just looking forward to having her back on the road again!

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Post by Bludge » Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:08 pm

The progress so far! :D

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Post by LewisH » Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:16 pm

Nice one dude, if you knoww hat ya doing, you will have it done in no time!
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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:50 pm

No messin about there!

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Re: Hit a curb side on, wheels are now facing inward.

Post by Donald » Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:58 pm

3 pages and the LG detectives have asked sod all.

So what were you doing to lose control whilst 'quite a lot under' the speed limit, and what was said limit? :lol:

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Post by Bludge » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:43 pm

Said limit was 40, i was doing maybe 30 at most. it was a slippery road and i entirely blame dodgy 4ws.... :oops:

And i dont know what im doing, hence giving up for the night and it having taken all day so far! lol. got the 2ws subframe bolted on and the shocks and uca's attached, and the anti rollbar. had some trouble with the trailing arm bolts so given up for the night. keep worrying i am using the wrong bolts for stuff!

It all looks pretty straight now though so hopefully i will be able to get it all finished on wednesday. then i can look to see if there is any damage on the front end.... :x

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Post by Bludge » Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:14 pm

So i finally finished the job today, 2ws subframe on, everything back together and new wheels on, set her back down on the floor and.......

The back wheel is still facing inwards :cry:

Its no where near as bad as it was, but its still noticibly wonky. any ideas? im praying that it just needs wheel alignment.
Its still a bit floaty to drive and still pulls to the left. but a massive improvement on driving it home from the crash!

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Also the handbrake is a lot tighter and i think its sticking on, i think i may have twisted the cable as i couldnt get it off. can i undo it at the cabin end to untwist it?

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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:23 pm

Well done getting it finished. Hard to tell from the pics if it is mis-aligned now? :?

So that has all new suspension arms as well? Everything swapped over completely?

Your arches look good, btw!

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