Guy's Rivage

WE HAS MOT!!!  8)  8)  8)

Just drove it home and it didn't miss a beat!  

gfrankland said

WE HAS MOT!!!  8)  8)  8)

Just drove it home and it didn't miss a beat!  

 

Roof down and enjoy it now

 :tank:

BigNormRivage said

gfrankland said

WE HAS MOT!!!  8)  8)  8)

Just drove it home and it didn't miss a beat!  

 

Roof down and enjoy it now

 :tank:

hell yes!!  8)

its a fantastic feeling… took the Rivage over to Merityre Hook who did a full laser alignment and even took off the steering wheel and aligned everything up straight… top top work

They give you a before and after report..

Before:  


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They were dubious that the neg camber adjustment would come back into something reasonable… I said that they should give it a go anyway… they were surprised how good an adjustment they got in the end.

I was watching from the customer area on the screen so you can see what they are doing…


Untitled by Guy Frankland, on Flickr

but in the end they invited me through to watch what was going on…


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After report:


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The car drives as straight and true as could be… its amazing the difference it makes!

They spent about an hour and a bit setting everything up and making sure it was as good as could be… all for the bargain price of £48.

Barrie the Manager is very knowledgeable and friendly… would recommend these guys to anyone.

I need to sort out that laser Alignment on my car now I think :-)

Im going to have this done when my wheels are ready to go back on.

chaps.. if you are going to get this done ask the place you're calling if they have a 'hunter' laser alignment machine… thats what you need to get it all done proper like  :wink:

Align My Car

I Had laser 4 wheel alignment done just after I fitted my coilovers. Make sure they dont use air tools tho, the place I took mine to stripped the thread on one of the cmaber adjustment bolts  8O    Very scary when you're driving and you can feel the steering wheel shifting and not cornering right.

bouchay said

I Had laser 4 wheel alignment done just after I fitted my coilovers. Make sure they dont use air tools tho, the place I took mine to stripped the thread on one of the cmaber adjustment bolts  8O    Very scary when you're driving and you can feel the steering wheel shifting and not cornering right.

why the hell would they use air tools on camber bolts?

no… mine were done manually and very very carefully to get it perfectly right

Hood Hydraulics

rightyo… did a bit of a check and top up on the hood today as well as lubing all the joints

I followed Madone's advice in this thread… topping up cabriolet fluid

but there was a big difference between the fluid level when open (max) and when hood closed (below min) - this doesn't seem right to me?

also… devised a neat, very accurate, little method of topping up the reservoir… used a pump and a couple of tubes that I had lying about in place of a funnel, which I didn't have lying about…


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the hood appears to be functioning very happily… just wondered if the levels are being reading correctly?

Im sure the roof has to be down, then filled to max.

When the roof is up the fluid will drop a little.

BigNormRivage said

Im sure the roof has to be down, then filled to max.

When the roof is up the fluid will drop a little.

thats exactly what I did… but it dropped to MIN when closed?

The roof has to be opened first then filled to max.

sorry dude.. my bad.. I did that… was just getting my opens and closes mixed up!  

to clarify… I opened, filled to MAX then closed and it read MIN

Im not to sure how much it drops by when closed but it does drop quite a bit.

PM Chortle he is the roof god.

Let me know what he sais.

BigNormRivage said

Im not to sure how much it drops by when closed but it does drop quite a bit.

PM Chortle he is the roof god.

Let me know what he sais.

pm'd him but he didn't come back to me, must have been busy  :dontknow:  (or something I said!  )

it was the old girl's first time out yesterday, since August 2009, at Dubs at the Park, Bracknell

lovely day in the sun, rain, sun, rain, sun  



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Apollogies for not getting back Guy.
Your right, have been and still am up to my neck in it as they say.
I believe the proceedure you have followed is okay.
I presume you have no problems with the hood?
If it aint broke, don't fix it as the saying goes.
I must say the car is looking very nice indeed.
Your doing a sterling job on her.

chortle said

Apollogies for not getting back Guy.
Your right, have been and still am up to my neck in it as they say.
I believe the proceedure you have followed is okay.
I presume you have no problems with the hood?
If it aint broke, don't fix it as the saying goes.
I must say the car is looking very nice indeed.
Your doing a sterling job on her.

well it 'seems to be working just fine… although it doesn't sound that healthy… but I don't know how one 'should' sound so I can't go compare.

thanks for the compliments!

so I have finally got my mitts on a new gear knob!!

many thanks for Big Norm and the boys on his thread for making me insist that the gear knob I was issued was incorrect after seeing his thread..

VW got a new one in and it was all funky dory..


Gearknob by Guy Frankland, on Flickr

now I need to get a new gaiter sorted  :redfaced: