okay, the little one kept me awake most of the weekend,
give me a lot of time to do some car stuff tho.
i changed out my hks front shocks. the tein springs on them are far too stiff. i need to measure the inner diameter of them and find a lower spring rate. can anyone give me some tips on how to go about this?!
i dropped in some bc coilovers i had sitting around, softest damper setting, and raised to just over 100m clearance.
i then fitted a whiteline castor kit, piss easy job, had it done on 30 mins. on the ground. i tried to get it as lined up as possible (didnt think there was much i could change allignment wise, but the steering wheel is off slightly this morning. the must be about half a degree of camber to be had with the bc coils. doesnt worry me, the car being that light, it can wait till the weekend and ill straighten it up.
tidied a few things up too, new rear number plae light holder thingo, as my last one was hanging on for grimm death.
relocated my oil filter relocator, then couldnt find my 90 degree fitting so had to mount it a little lower for now to clear the bonnet.
refitted my parcel shelf with the 5x8 speakers, its good to have music again.
test fitted the 225 50 14 semi slicks on the bmw bottle cap wheels i have. they see,m to sit flush against the hub, which is wierd as the centre bores should be different.
any way ill borrow the digital calipers from work and measure this properly to be sure.
we have a little bit of poke on the front, but there appears to be plenty of clearance on full lock.
as for the rear, with an 8mm space attached the tyres where fine. didnt try them with out a spacer, but hey its good. ill only use these at the track any way, ridiculous tyres for the road.
on the topic of tyres, my rears are up for renewal. can anyone recommend a 185 50 14. i have federal 595's and while they are great around corners, they have no forward grip.
i may have to import from tyre rack.......