Germs Plans and stuff

Post by **germ** » 26 Feb 2007 08:18 pm

Okaly Dokaly here are my wheels:

They are new tyres : 185 55 14 and they are TIGAR

but i am not rich so 235euros plus fitting is enough for me.
and the only other 1's they had were Good Year at 110euros each!! not including fitting.

So tell me what you think and yes it is me in the car with BIG HAIR!

and i think that back end need lowering BADLY!

Cheers
will

Post by **340cbr** » 26 Feb 2007 08:38 pm

They look cool

Lowering the back a little bit is not difficult

Post by **IvanS.** » 26 Feb 2007 08:44 pm

Oh!!! Serbian economy seems to be improving

Just a note :
Next time if you buy Tigar, choose type "AMBASADOR"- we produce it under Micheline licence, and they're the best from Tigar that money can buy.. It's for all types of weather. These are good too.
Looks nice , but remove that card from the front wheel

You should see me driving

. I have a long hair too, so i need to take out new ID card because of hair....i'll do it sooner or later

Cheers

Post by **redline** » 26 Feb 2007 08:59 pm

Oi Will your headlight wipers are missing lol ,

A haircut should give you at least another 5 mph top end and a second off of your 0-60 time.

seriously though the car is looking really good and in such a short space of time , well done

Post by **germ** » 26 Feb 2007 09:08 pm

yeah they say made in serbia

how can i lower a little bit? for free would be nice

and reline the head light wipers were nuked so instead of them scratching the light i toke em off (you may notice i have a set of wipers on the windows now) does any one know where to get those mini light wipers

or will the windscreen wipers of a mini do?

Ps it has come along quick

but it did take serveral months to get the car in the first place.

pss i think ive only spent 300- 350 (euros)on the car including purchuse so far
Cheers
will

Post by **IvanS.** » 26 Feb 2007 09:36 pm

redline wrote: A haircut should give you at least another 5 mph top end and a second off of your 0-60 time.

No wonder i don't have so good acceleration

Post by MJ » 26 Feb 2007 09:50 pm

You can lower the rear easily by bolting a lowering block (metal block with holes for the bolts) between the leaf spring and driveshart tube things that connect to the leaf springs. You can make the block, or buy from Dai.

FOn the front you can cut a coil from the springs, but that's not really advised

There were some light wipers on the bay the other day, could still be there

Wheels look nice, but take the stickers off the tyres;)

Post by **340cbr** » 26 Feb 2007 09:50 pm

germ wrote: how can i lower a little bit? for free would be nice

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... t=lowering

Post by **germ** » 26 Feb 2007 10:02 pm

Cheers

my dad said that when he was young and stupid lol he cut his front springs on his cortina and fitted lowering blocks but he says the springs werent strong enough and that they would pop out if the car was jacked up.

so solution was to buy uprated springs....and cut them lol

so the price is somthing like £25 for lowering blocks and £50 for springs
thats not bad will spings help handerling at all? and the fact that it is lower makes a difference?

Post by **germ** » 26 Feb 2007 10:34 pm

heheh the stickers on the tyres were just for the photo and service history of couse as it is complete from new

you know it seams to accelerate very well didnt do a 0-60 or any thing and wasnt pressin my foot down hard but its a million times better than the renault 5 1.6 diesel which is the same engine only diesel.
its got a blocked up air filter too but this is only stayin till after mot then ill put my k&n piece of poo on, then ill work on my stright though exhaust system tweek carb and then maybe fuel inj, i belive this is the 90hp version the previsous owner said that it had a differnt cam which it came with from factory so if thats true its nice i sould see 105-110 hp which makes a reasonable power to wieght ratio over 100hp per tonne

by the way on my 2nd test drive a pug 206 tryed to over take me on the road and i accelerated and actualy got away(it was next to me )

i was doin 50mph then the next time i looked at speedo i was doing 80mph
it seamed like 1 second between looking i was shocked

i guess its the fact it doesent make any noise that i didnt know

I HERE BY SWEAR TO NEVER DRIVE A RENAULT 5.....DIESEL AGAIN!

Cheers

will

Post by **classicswede** » 26 Feb 2007 10:47 pm

The front springs make a big difference to the road holding. Cornering is better and the car feels much more positive to steering. The rear bolks dont make much different but the car would look daft with the back up.

Post by **germ** » 26 Feb 2007 10:48 pm

hehe thanks you have seen the pics it looks daft as it is at the the back

Post by **germ** » 27 Feb 2007 01:46 am

redline where did you get those redline stickers?

and dai lowering the car alters the center of gravity which helps cornering and stability

so not only will not lowering the back look daft it would be daft too i cant wait to get on a track and teach those GOLFS a thing or 2
but my licence wont allow me on track

my mum has booked my test in england so in few months i should be able to drive in 2 countrys and when i am 18 i can drive any where

i dont think i need lessons been there done that here in france?

i will definatly get to a meet when i have a british licence

till then i work and practise in my car

in france.

Cheers
will

Post by **redline** » 27 Feb 2007 09:22 am

I had the stickers made up by the guy who did the V3M window stickers , unfortunately I have lost touch with him (I think he has moved ) they are copies of the redline magazine logoshe also did the bonnet stripes and wing stickers.

nice to see someone else with redline harness pads , I gave some to Gavin and left the rest with the car when I sold it .

I don't know if I dare mention it here but I have been told that the administrator of the mk2 dub club makes graphics and stickers so I could have a word.
Or you could try getting hold of Andy (stuntman ) on here as he do's graphics although he hasn't been around much lately

Post by **germ** » 27 Feb 2007 11:41 pm

cheers i will look into it i really like the harness pads

so i had to get them.

My car goes for mot tomorrow the 28th and i have done all the normal things before mot checks etc but i have a feeling it will fail on rear brakes every car we have has failed on rear brakes at least once and i couldent get one of the rear drums off to look at it

but we will see what happens

its going to set me back 55euros for this and if it fails i will have to pay 30 for retest as this is the local place not are normal one that did 6 retests for free on the bmw 2002 becouse of rear brakes ofcouse

Cheers
will