SlowPoke

Well done mate looking really good, i bet your so much happier with it now

Yes!

Is this dude trying to kill the cameraman with his gaze? ^ lol, looks good mate for £50 cant say fairer than that!

Try these guys mate not far from us, i do there sign writing and their friendly enough! http://www.jkm.org.uk/

Im from this neck of the woods

Hello matey im from portsmouth too welcome to club lupo get some pics up in members ride

Poke and trims is where its at mate, thats what ill be doing for winter! vintage trims When are you painting it?

Looks great mate, i cant wait for winter wheels and sweet trims hehe.

Heat the bumpstrips up with a heat gun if you have one it will soften the glue, and prize them off with something plastic like a body filler applicator so as not to damage the paint, then any glue left behind you can get off with tar and glue remover, or failing that white spirit does the job, then clean off with soapy water job done! just take your time with it, good luck.

This is actually one of my favourite colours, it's different what's next on it?

Looks in good condition, what's the mileage? i'd remove the door bump strips = 100x better IMO. 5% tint is ok anything else is a bit overkill! you can get 60mm lowering springs but i wouldn't bother, there will come a time when you wish you could make it lower and cant, just get some cheap coilovers instead. i wouldn't black out the badges especially as its a light coloured car and the silver sets them off, but thats just me! Happy modding and welcome along.

Just so you're aware HID kits are illegal unless fitted with a self levelling projector and a headlight washer Oh & Get that roller on it i wish i had one for when i did mine!

Welcome along! the mazda looked sweet, what are your plans for the arosa?

Yeap thats the plan, just looking at sticker doming, something i've never done before and not sure whats involved, but thought it would be cool to look like more of a badge rather than just a sticker. i can get the kit to do it through our supplier at work im even thinking of wrapping the whole car Iridescent Black/Purple the satin is so hard to keep clean!! and its a joy wiping the bonnet and it just looking mint with no polish or anything.

Thats the thing though the helpers barely hold up the top springs as they're so soft, so with the weight of the car they definitely would crush down to nothing, but when i look under the car, (through my wheel spokes as its the only way to see) the helper is only lightly compressed?? only thing i can think of is that the damper in the strut is maxed out and the cars actually sitting on the dampers bumpstop and the springs arn't doing jack! really annoyed i bet its going to be a right pain sending them back too, just drove it quickly round the block and its just stupid rigid. Sad times indeed here she is sitting sad Incidentally because of this manhole cover and the horrific camber of my road i don't think i could go much lower as my exhaust always catches it even when im super careful!

Yeah seems like a wasted effort though because its far too stiff and despite being able to get the rear how i want it i just cant fix the front, i thought TA's were able to get the front on the deck?

STRESS. Went to fit the springs, did this on the way! But anyway worry about that later, got front strut off Before: After: On the car looking nice, 6" spring seated nicely by the Helper, things looked good. Difference between the old Chopped TA rears and my custom ones. First it tried it with my adjuster in, and it looked exactly the same hight as it was with just the chopped spring on its own. So i whipped the adjuster out and it looked like this! Arches sitting on the rim anyone? Couldn't even move the car like this lol, and my arches have been pulled ALOT. So i took all the adjusters apart like so: And put them in just like this: and they sit in like this: There well seated in the bottom as the adjuster keeps it in good, with the smaller Corsa B shocks it should keep it seated in the top too. So now the rear sits like this: Done all the wheel bolts up and took it for a spin. In conclusion, its too stiff i could live with it i guess but i wouldn't fancy doing long high speed motorway driving, i did half a mile down the stretch of motorway and hit a minor bump at 60 and it threw me out of my seat, you feel every little bit of road and im considering sending them back also i cannot understand why the front wont go lower, with the full weight of the front of the car on the front struts if i get my hand in there and try to move the springs they still move up and down with a bit of play? i've even wound the bottom adjusters right down so they're not even on the thread and it still wont go lower, am i doing something completely wrong or what??? please help!

They look sick mate, Lets see them fitted

Demon Tweeks or merlin motorsports do them, Faulkner Springs, you can specify any size and spring rate. might want to wait until i've tested them out though before you rush off and buy some, ill post up full specs etc when i've run them in and made sure their well suited .

Haha me too, did you specifically pull over and take this shot?

Cheers Joti, im sitting here thinking BBQ or take my front struts appart and detail the car.. hmmm!

Got my car back from the service yesterday, man it feels ****e handing over £300 for stuff you can't even see!! Still running a bit shudery too but I'm hoping it's just the fact one ht lead is a bit ****ed, might be coil pack though. Can't sort it out yet as my HT leads haven't arrived and I can't try my new springs as my Corsa B shocks haven't arrived damn you venom motorsport! Don't you hate it when you can't get next day delivery?! Also I need to hurry up and do something about the exhaust, car seems to be running hotter since the backbox came off? Never heard the fan come on before.. Oh and a quick tip to clear things up, spoke to my mechanic and he said shortened springs that don't stay seated WILL pass MOT. Suspension is checked when the cars under load. The only time it would fail is if they jack it up and the spring actually fell onto the floor, as they're not allowed to pick it up lol. So if you are really worried cable tie them in place, it's all legal

Its just funny because your building a sound system that could destroy your car and im lowering mine to the point things will get broken off! doesn't the bass make you feel sick lol

Wooo hoo not long now then! thats reminded me i need to copper grease mine! how old are those weitechs?

yeap they're 58mm diameter same as the adjuster just seems weird having a uniform spring thats 58mm all the way through the spring! they're way stiffer though! cant wait to try them out but my cars in the garage at the mo getting serviced.