Its out of the garage

So the car has been in my garage for a few weeks, having some much required pampering.

I have stripped all the old suspension and replaced with the following

* Bilstein Shocks front and rear
* Eibach Lowering springs
* New dust covers and shorter bump stops
* New top mounts front and rear
* New Bolts

It has improved the ride no end, the suspension setup that came off was shot.

I also changed the ATF fluid, with new gasket and strainer. Many thanks to chortle for the guide , also replaced the rocker cover gasket, fitted a new radio oh and changed the wheels…

Whilst i still have a whole heap of things left to do im pleased with it so far.

Looking great  

Good work! Especially in this heat.

That's a shiny car..
I did notice your side tension cables must have snapped as the roof is quite high up at the sides as it should be level with the black plastic.

You can buy new cables or make your own and it is possible to feed the new cable along the channel in the roof skin when it's on the car as I've done it a couple of times.

Did you fit Bilstein B4 shocks with the Eibach springs?

mark1gls said

That's a shiny car..
I did notice your side tension cables must have snapped as the roof is quite high up at the sides as it should be level with the black plastic.

You can buy new cables or make your own and it is possible to feed the new cable along the channel in the roof skin when it's on the car as I've done it a couple of times.

Yeah they are missing completely its another job on my list ha, are they straight forward to replace?

Im speaking to Chortle today as im looking to get it all replaced anyway

stichill99 said

Did you fit Bilstein B4 shocks with the Eibach springs?

i did