Jonny doesnt take this whole car thing seriously at all....

Give me a shout if you want any tyres swapping on the Merc rims or the 17's popping off the rim to clean up the bead and seal it. Was it on the outside near the valve?

If i have 5 mins spare i can pop over and pick them up one evening for you

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WeFoundThePark wrote:

billybug wrote:

im gonna go lower than this on 18s...

then i'll have to get some 19's.... never ending war of lows.

haha we could have some very undrivable cars

Ian83 wrote:

Give me a shout if you want any tyres swapping on the Merc rims or the 17's popping off the rim to clean up the bead and seal it. Was it on the outside near the valve?

If i have 5 mins spare i can pop over and pick them up one evening for you

yeah its coming from about an inch away from the valve on that side, just gonna clean it up, put some bead sealer on it and hope for the best! cheers for the offer but i've been told there's actually a back street tyre place in the village so i'm going to go see him and try and get everything sorted in one hit. fingers crossed.

billybug wrote:

haha we could have some very undrivable cars

but they'd look awesomez!




8 days until inters and counting........it will be ok. it will be ok. it will be ok.

PM sent!

WeFoundThePark wrote:

Ian83 wrote:

Give me a shout if you want any tyres swapping on the Merc rims or the 17's popping off the rim to clean up the bead and seal it. Was it on the outside near the valve?

If i have 5 mins spare i can pop over and pick them up one evening for you

yeah its coming from about an inch away from the valve on that side, just gonna clean it up, put some bead sealer on it and hope for the best! cheers for the offer but i've been told there's actually a back street tyre place in the village so i'm going to go see him and try and get everything sorted in one hit. fingers crossed.

Back street tyre place........... i bet he uses spoons as tyre leavers and the curb to break the bead

2 days left until inters and i currently dont have a matching set of wheels to run the car on.......or a roadworthy car to put them on. hhmm.

new tyres have arrived for the mercs so they will be fitted up and all painted the same colour.

the front 17's have been popped off the beads, cleaned, re-torqued and re-inflated. they will go in the bath tomorrow to check for leaks.

the rear 17's are currently M.I.A. they were dropped off with a tyre fitter who was confident he'd get them inflated and balanced. i havent heard from him since monday. joy.

so with no wheels, i did the only sensible thing i could and lowered the car more!





a few pages back i posted a pic of the bottom arm touching the subframe bolt, in the above pic i've removed the raised part to allow more movement. i also removed the anti roll bar as it was locking between the bottom arm and chassis leg. and the finally enlarged the original chassis notch and made a couple of new ones for the track rods.

now the driveshaft is fouling the rear engine mount, not sure if i can cut a section out? gonna remove it and have a look tomorrow.

you not very good at getting pictures of the full car are you?

but your pretty good at cutting things off haha

your not right in the head!

ha this is awsome, i cant wait to see it ont he new wheels, please park next to james fords mk3 on air and put it to shame on its 16s please if thats possible, if not make it your mission to make it happen

I very much like your motor car...

updates. updates. updates.

things have been a bit hectic for the past few weeks so work on the car has been a little stop - start.

first things firsts, the 17's didnt make inters last weekend as the rears hadnt seated properly on the bead so didnt want to tempt fate and rolled over there on the mercs. had an awesome weekend but now have a quick release front bumper after finding out my car is too low to reverse on grass.....

so with inters out of the way and 60psi in the 17's too seat the bead it was time to get them on. easier said than done.







the fronts werent a problem at all, being only 8.5" with a 195/40 i have plenty of room to play with. its the rears that are a ball ache, 205/40 on a 10", i fitted them up and dropped the car back down and the arch just sat on top of the tyre tread. balls. as you may have already noticed, i'm not that gentle or subtle when it comes to bodywork so out came the hammer.







to give you some comparison of the size difference, this is a previously poking merc and the newly 'fettled' arch...



unfortunately i ran out of time and cutting discs last night before the T2D meet so had to resort to drastic measures................







i raised it.

the fronts up 40mm and the rear approx 45mm, i hate it, but until i can cut the inner arch out and hammer the rear arch clear its the way its gotta be.

the raised ride height allowed me to repair my VR6 splitter and run that for a while, i also had to find a way to stop the rear bumper touching the rear tyres so i drilled 8 holes and used 4 cable ties. easy.

think thats about it. still a long way to go until i'm happy with them but it will get there. so for now, the 17's are finally on.

almost forgot pics......... here you go! as always, comments welcomed and encouraged. just dont laugh at the ride height.

and the now obligatory comparison pic.

vladimir wrote:

your not right in the head!

you started it.

curtis_caddy wrote:

ha this is awsome, i cant wait to see it ont he new wheels, please park next to james fords mk3 on air and put it to shame on its 16s please if thats possible, if not make it your mission to make it happen

you know thats my aim, and it is very much possible with patience and enough cutting discs.....

Lupton_20vt wrote:

I very much like your motor car...

thankyou my little ginger compardre. yours is nice too.

Looked sweet at the meet last night m8. hawsome bodywork skills too

is the splitter actually cracked where the cable ties are?

cheers dude, i still think the rear sits far too high but it looks alot better in pics than real life.

yeah its a genuine splitter so doesnt shatter like the ebay ones but splits if you catch it so i just drilled it and pulled the cable ties tight to pull it back in, not sure how long it'll last but it matches the rear bumper / 1/4 panel for now so its all gravy.

if you need any bodywork doing on the TT just give me a shout, i have a large array of different hammers for all jobs.

Looks amazing dude, when you've adjusted the hight til your happy with it, it's gonna look neigh-on MK3 perfection, in my opinion. Fair play matey.

WeFoundThePark wrote:

i raised it.

i bet you get nose bleeds sitting that high? do birds make nests on your car now? try and avoid scrapping your splitter on the moon mate

jokes aside, atleast they are on though man shall look amazing slammed

whats it like getting over speeds bumps easier now?

Pistacheuro wrote:

Looks amazing dude, when you've adjusted the hight til your happy with it, it's gonna look neigh-on MK3 perfection, in my opinion. Fair play matey.

cheers rob, much appreciated buddy!

billybug wrote:

i bet you get nose bleeds sitting that high? do birds make nests on your car now? try and avoid scrapping your splitter on the moon mate

jokes aside, atleast they are on though man shall look amazing slammed

whats it like getting over speeds bumps easier now?

hush your noise BillyBoy! i know its silly high, but its weird having suspension travel and ride comfort now..... reminds me of a standard car again, although one with 10 inch wide ferrari F40 wheels.

you use to be cool.

billybug wrote:

you use to be cool.

harsh Billy. harsh.

and to think i drew you a picture. on a door.

a picture of the wheels from the eBay listing, this was the only picture in the listing and no sizes or desription was given apart the 17" and the balloon tyre size.



a close up once i'd got them home.

WeFoundThePark wrote:

billybug wrote:

you use to be cool.

harsh Billy. harsh.

and to think i drew you a picture. on a door.

you brought disgrace to the family how dare you, i should have you hanged!