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Posted: 04 Apr 2008 07:04 pm
by Jason B
nice work! - what primer and paint did you use, as I have some wheels to do soon.
Cheers
Jason
Posted: 04 Apr 2008 08:12 pm
by classicswede
Jason B wrote:have you taken the front shocks out before? I just swapped my monos in the other day, and a good method without special tools is as follows:
get the strut out, put the damper nut in a vice (strut upside down) then put a bar on track rod bit to help give some leverage to undo it. Then once off you will be confronted with a strange looking fitting, use a screwdriver and a hammer to get it undone (gently, lol) once thats unscrewed you can proceed with the fun bit. Simply pull the piston out
- the seal makes this a little harder and it is quite possible to shoot 20yr old oil in your face
I suggest you measure the amount of oil you pour out if you are changing it, obvious but easily forgotten
Jason wtf would you want to measure how much oil you pour out when fitting a new shock. ALL new shocks are cartdide shocks including those mono's so you don't want any oil in there. With the Mono some grease would be good - the oil will dilute the grease and cause a lack of lubrication.
Good luck
Jason
Posted: 04 Apr 2008 08:27 pm
by Jason B
lol - read!
of course you wouldn't put oil back if fitting a cartridge type insert!!! - he is replacing the oil for some with a higher viscocity in an attempt to make them stiffer.
Posted: 05 Apr 2008 08:47 am
by jtbo
But you need bit of oil inside a strut, that will try to keep shock and strut becoming one piece of metal or something
Posted: 05 Apr 2008 11:51 am
by classicswede
Ok that makes sense now to what you are on about.
All I can say be carfull with what oil you put in. Also bear in mind the valves in the original shocks will be worn and not working as well as they should (also stem wear is a big issue)
Make sure you clean the area of the nut off befor opening. A little bit of muck in the oil could result in the damper locking solid.
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 08:54 am
by Ozbrick
How did the shocks go from being short and fat (landy comparo pic) to equal length like with the 300 ones above??? Do I have to buy the raised shocks??
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 01:26 pm
by classicswede
They look longer than 300 ones - that could cause some issues
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 01:33 pm
by griffo20022
The pic of both shocks together is of both of them fully extended. There standard height shocks, no additional lift on them
As for the wheels they were sprayed all with rattle cans, as I say on close inspection there a little untidy in places but we only had 3, 4 hour sessions on them so was a bit rushed, but they still look awsome!
Primer was grey, then we done the dish which was yellow on the bottom with the orange, red and green flecked over the top. Then we masked off the dish and done the rear of the wheel and face/spokes of the wheel with gloss black, then gave them a little bit of lacquer over the top
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 06:16 pm
by Jason B
what prep did you do, just sand it back? - going to have a go tomorrow maybe (though not crazy colours like yours)
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 09:19 pm
by griffo20022
Yer pretty much, they were originally silver with polished lip (one was white with polished lip) they were really tatty though!
Began with using nitromors and a wire brush on a drill, then sanded with 320 and then with 600
then from there just primer etc.
