Toad's Lifeline - Saxo Cup front suspension purchased! - Page 47 - Saxperience

Toad · 14th February 2009, 11:12

Ooops.

Toad · 14th February 2009, 11:17

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Originally Posted by frankie

LMAO at the peugeot shopping bag.

looking good toad, brakes look savage.

hydraulic handbrake sounds good, will be purchasing one myself....

Thanks.

This is the one I'm getting: http://www.gprdirect.com/OnlineShop/...do?c=234&g=784

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Originally Posted by Karl

All about the Hispecs.

Still lovin' yours?

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Nice updated dude. Which MC are you using with the HiSpecs?

You'll notice a massive difference in the way your car feels when booting it with the engine mounts

Standard MC mate. I'm using GTI6 brakes at the moment with the standard MC and it's fine for me.

Acceleration should improve in theory, as more energy will put through the driveshafts, instead of rocking the engine... How will it feel different mate?

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Originally Posted by andywiddss1

nice update fella with regards hydraulic handbrake make sure the one u buy has a locking button on it like ur standard handbrake ,my mate has a road legal 106 rally car and had to change all the hydraulic to the hand brake and buy a new one as the fly off style are an instant m.o.t fail

Thanks Andy. Yeah, the one I'm getting should be road legal.

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Originally Posted by MaRiO89

Some sexual looking stuff mate..

Appreciate it James.

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Originally Posted by FinchysSaxo

Very nice lol someone obviously liked look of my upper strut brace

The gasket is standard stock item yes, can get them from eurocarparts halfords peugeot etc.

And as for the tightening of the strut nut i dont know, im still yet to tighten mine up, will have to play around with it.

Whens the car guna have the work done on it?

Ahem! You have an OMP upper strut brance, ahem, do you Finch?

Thanks for confirming about the manifold gasket.

The car is going in on the 28th.

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Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

toadus
for the abs try what im doing
on the back of the abs under the servo the 4 lines come out of the abs unit (pics showing the lines im on bout on shed) im making t pieced (or if i go 406 mc 4 short) lines from the mc to them
its not a hard swap tbh but just means getting lines made
simpler that swapping all the cars lines like i origonally thought id have to

also reports later on if the saxo non pas fits a 106

Not sure mate. It's all in the hands of the Ex- F1 machanic.

I've bought a 106 no-PAS rack mate.

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Originally Posted by Mikey

so great gear there toad mate.

should be good when its all fitted.

great update.

Cheers. I'll be sure to let everyone know how it all goes...

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Originally Posted by EazyDayz

gotta love new parts to fit on ya car

git it fitted and smile

Ta. I'm not sure if I have any standard parts left...

jpsaxo · 14th February 2009, 11:19

Nice mate, will be a good over all package once thats all fitted

AlexB^p · 14th February 2009, 12:03

haha sound man
106 rack should be sound then man

FinchysSaxo · 14th February 2009, 13:34

Lol yer how could you miss the big red bar in my bay haha

Lovely stuff so def get the brakes off you next month then mate? Iv just recieved a abs gti6 MC through the post this morning

got it for £24 which isnt to bad.

Need some good weather on my days off this week so i can get all my bits fitted, if you need a hand il kindly help out mate

craig180^p · 14th February 2009, 13:51

Will feel different in a good way

I have the semi rigid ones and between gears it feels rock solid

Toad · 14th February 2009, 20:25

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Originally Posted by jpsaxo

Nice mate, will be a good over all package once thats all fitted

Ta very much.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

haha sound man
106 rack should be sound then man

Yeah, fingers crossed. It's sitting in my hallway smelling rather dodgy...

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Originally Posted by FinchysSaxo

Lol yer how could you miss the big red bar in my bay haha

Lovely stuff so def get the brakes off you next month then mate? Iv just recieved a abs gti6 MC through the post this morning

got it for £24 which isnt to bad.

Need some good weather on my days off this week so i can get all my bits fitted, if you need a hand il kindly help out mate

I don't know how I missed it...

Yes mate, as soon they're off (28th) they're yours. Get them fitted, and if everything works out nicely, you can pay me for them.

Thanks for the offer mate. Know anything about lower strut braces?

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Will feel different in a good way

I have the semi rigid ones and between gears it feels rock solid

Excellent. There's SO much engine rock with my current / stock mounts it's mental. Can't wait to get them fitted.

I fitted the upper strut brace today, and also popped on the new filter. I can't believe how much better the car pulls wth that new filter on. I think I well over-sprayed the previous one with the wrong dirt retention stuff. Oops.

The brace was a tad tricky to get on, as I had to squeeze my chassis together (both feet on the wing!) pulling the brace, as it was a bit tight. Got there in the end. I had a gander underneath to fit the lower strut brace, but I wasn't too sure if I should be undoing the wishbones when the car is only jacked up one side. Can anyone share some experience here? What's the best way to do this without a ramp? Even just with the upper brace on, the car felt nice in the turns.

Cheers!

AlexB^p · 14th February 2009, 21:39

well toad the saxo rack fitted so a 106 one will be the same man

will fit fine

FinchysSaxo · 15th February 2009, 14:11

Sweeeeeet! klkl hopefully they will be alrite, i got the gti6 MC already in a box in my car so going to wack that on at same time for maximum improvement

I dont, as when i got my upper the car was lower and i was having problems with the BTB manifold hitting bumps lol. So now im on the pugsport setup I might just have to invest in one lol. But iirc i read somewhere that its best fitting the lower bar when the car is sat level on the ground, but isnt to hard to do. Il see what i can find out mate

FinchysSaxo · 15th February 2009, 14:19

Saunders lower strut brace fitting guide

:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=112191

samco77on · 15th February 2009, 14:24

you just get underneath and lake the nuts off the lower arm bolts, but leave the bolt in as the lower arm does have to come off. then put the strut brace in there.

should take about 30 mins maximum

FinchysSaxo · 15th February 2009, 14:38

Sam what brace is that? As i take it isnt a omp 1? And is that a standard manifold aswell, as my BTB hangs low lol

samco77on · 15th February 2009, 14:42

its not mine, i havent got one. its a guy n 106 owners, just nabbed his pics.

think it is a raceland one (but he stuck and sparco sticker on it)

yeh standard mani

FinchysSaxo · 15th February 2009, 14:44

Orite yer dosnt hang lower etc, klkl i will stay well away from one of them, tbh wouldnt by anything except the omp, as really happy with my upper omp. Thanks mate

Toad · 15th February 2009, 14:52

Thanks for the guide link Finch! But as 2 others have mentioned, there's no room to get at the nut. I can use a spanner to take the nut off initially, but to attach the nut back on with the brace in place, I need to use a ratchet as the brance has about a 1" lip to it, but when I try using a ratchet, the back of it just hits the wishbone so I can't do it...

samco77on · 15th February 2009, 15:04

if you look at this pic (sorry it wont let me use img codes with it for some reason)

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...aspossible.jpg

then cant you put a spanner on the nut, so the spanner is going upwards, and then use a ratchet on the other side to do it up?

samco77on · 15th February 2009, 15:06

sorry just looked at the pics or your parts again and you will probaby need a swan neck spanner to get that baby on there!!

mul_vts · 15th February 2009, 15:17

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dannygti · 15th February 2009, 15:18

just wedge a pry bar or screwdriver on the nut side and undo the bolt head..

Toad · 15th February 2009, 16:03

I've had to call it a day. I simply don't have the right tool for the job.

Danny, it's not getting the nut off that's the problem, it's getting it back on with the strut in place that is. Will get the garage to do it with all other bits come the 28th...