Silver! Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Koop, UK Border Angency have been on to us at Club Lupo HQ reporting that they have lost an extended family of illegals in the Manchester area. They are asking if you could please check your wheel arches.RegardsSilver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Git Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl_Mac_ Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Dibs have been invoked Talk to me after the summer, unless I sell the car with them on.I'll swap you the wheels for my spare C Spanner? Seems a fair deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Nice try I've been doing wiring 12v live cable on the aerial adaptor had a female connector & I needed a male. Top is the connector I cut off, bottom is the cable that was already in the block for the head unit which had a couple of spade connectors on it. Obviously I cut the connector off, stripped the cable & fitted it to the spade connector. Quite impressed with myself Toss pics sorry.Electrical taped the **** out of the bitchConnectingConnectedYes my car is a bomb site, it's very much a work in progress atm!But I has radio!Reception's pretty toss, I'm not entirely convinced my cabling's working, though the adaptor was a couple of quid from ebay so can't expect too much, the reception was never that good with the standard head unit tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I'm starting to think I could have got away with 20mm/30mm on the adaptors instead of 15/20 & having a mare sourcing shorter bolts for the fronts I could only get 21mm which seem far too short, I might get some standard bolts & grind them down at some point, they're literally less than a mm too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Just cut the bolts? Seems pikey and I always thought it would be a bad idea but when you read the advice given by H&R they say that some spacers may require you to chop the standard bolts so surely it must be ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Put a nut on the bolt right to the head. Chop or saw bolt. File edge of thread to take away any sharp edges. Put bolt in vice and unscrew nut with a spanner. This will recut the thread at the leading end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Good call that Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Got c spanners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Good call that Ray.I know, I learnt from experience and my Dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Moar lows...More pics & details of my trials & tribulations to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James827 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 looks good! few more turns on the front? might be the angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Needs arch rolling to go any lower really. I tried!So here's where we started...jacked upThreads cleaned off with a wire brushLine of copper grease down the threadDropped after first attemptDoesn't look that low...That's cos it was still sat on the jack, oops. Got it out by lifting with one of these...Max 630 kg! All the cars they provide with these weigh considerably more than that, no wonder they drop cars on people!That's more like itWith one side done the other side already need a jack to get the jack under With 2 sides done, it appears I went a bit farLooks awesome like thisRake Arches were eating the tyres on test drive though So it came up a bitLooks like loads of arch gap here, the stretch isn't helpingThere really isn't though, can barely get a finger in!Not mega low, but low enough imoOnce I was happy I jacked up again & re-greased the threadsRear still needed lowering badlyDidn't have an 18mm spanner to get the adjusters out so just had to wind it down as far as I could for now From here...To herePikey style.Not badGap, but much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 This was all friday night. Saturday saw a trip to B&Q for an 18 mil.This came out & adjuster ring offAnd back inMuch better Couldn't get the bolt out on the other side though So it's about 10mm higher on the n/s rear, it's settled fairly level though tbf. Also got the front door cards in& now my car is lovely & low again, Mrs Koop has nicked it as the Polo's gearbox is leaking oil Also she had banging/rattling noises, found this has come detachedHad a fiddle trying to clip it back on & a ball bearing dropped out so it's looking like a new top mount will be needed!Local garage are having a look tomorrow. Hoping to God the gearbox is just a knackered seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl_Mac_ Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Wheels look shite. I'll give you £50 for them so you can get something nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl_Mac_ Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 No.Godammit stop being so difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Nice try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R4 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Looks good Koop, don't like the way you can fit a finger under that front arch though man, what's going on there, can just about get a finger nail in my front arch gap lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpp19 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Looking so much better back low!Your tyre rotation is the wrong way though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Holy crap what a douche So excited about my new wheels & lows I hadn't noticed Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Looks good Koop, don't like the way you can fit a finger under that front arch though man, what's going on there, can just about get a finger nail in my front arch gap lol!I don't have your dedication I decided I wanted to have it lower on the back than before but higher at the front, that said when I dropped it til it caught the arches, it looked bloody good & made me rather want my arches rolled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Looking so much better back low!Your tyre rotation is the wrong way thoughWell spotted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 We shall continue here, not on Joe's topic Sounds like a lot of head ache for changing the PCD - i'll stick to 4x100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 It was just with using 15mm adaptors on the front & them needing shorter bolts. You can just file standard bolts down a bit if you've got a vice, but I haven't. Or a file There have been various headaches with both dubs lately, haven't updated in a while cos it's just a bit depressing lol I will get on it at some point though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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