Now... Rolling Chassis
Rallye_Mark - 13/7/08 at 06:36 PM
Well some progress at last, picked up a pair of 7inch compomotive ML's the other day so got my tyres fitted ASAP. After I finished work today I
went and picked up a lot of the bits I had lying around, threw them in the car and off I went to Forfar.
Arrived up there and got the chassis off the trailer and onto the ground and made up some dummy damper units, bolted the rear brake discs and wheels
on leaving me with this...
Rear from a bit back
Rear/Side
Rear Wheel
From the Front
Rear Hubs
View from the rear
Rear from above
It was then onto the front, I fitted the two new hub bolts that were needed but when we married up the upper ball joint that came with my front hubs,
the thread diameter was different, so had to drill out the wishbone and tap in the correct thread. It was then a case of making some front dummy
units, fit the front wheels, stand back and enjoy...here are loads of pictures that I have taken because I was so happy to finally see it rolling
Front "Suspension"
From the rear/side
From the front/side
From the front
Front Hubs
Front from passenger side
Dave Drifting
Me very Happy
Daves action shot
Self-timers
Well im very very happy, and I should be moving into my new garage in the next two weeks so main building can start
Cheers Mark
dr-fastlane - 13/7/08 at 06:41 PM
Looks great!
ecosse - 13/7/08 at 06:46 PM
Looking good, like the wheels too (13's?), Are the tyres road legal, and what width are they? I've been looking for wide tyres for my
7" revo's
Cheers
Alex
Rallye_Mark - 13/7/08 at 06:56 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ecosse
Looking good, like the wheels too (13's?), Are the tyres road legal, and what width are they? I've been looking for wide tyres for my
7" revo's
Cheers
Alex
Hi Alex, the alloys are 13inch Compomotive ML's, the rears are 8 inch wide and the fronts are 7inch. These ones are not road legal, but you can
get the road legal versions that have a slighlty harder compound. The Front tyres are about 185/55/13's and the rears about 215/55/13's.
Werner Van Loock - 13/7/08 at 06:59 PM
Don't know if you noticed, but you have your front upright on backwards, eg the left on the right and vice versa, your steering knuckle is
pointing to the rear
iank - 13/7/08 at 07:00 PM
Looking good.
<obligatory> those shocks look a bit hard! </obligatory>
Paul TigerB6 - 13/7/08 at 07:20 PM
Is it just me or are the front uprights both on the wrong side??
ecosse - 13/7/08 at 07:53 PM
quote:
Hi Alex, the alloys are 13inch Compomotive ML's, the rears are 8 inch wide and the fronts are 7inch. These ones are not road legal, but you can
get the road legal versions that have a slighlty harder compound. The Front tyres are about 185/55/13's and the rears about 215/55/13's.
215's...ideal, didn't know you could get them that wide for 13's 
I can sense another purchase coming soon
Cheers
Alex
eznfrank - 13/7/08 at 08:14 PM
Loving the locost axle stands.
Rallye_Mark - 13/7/08 at 08:22 PM
quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
Loving the locost axle stands.
Yeah lol, it was all we needed and was a nice height.
[Edited on 13/7/08 by Rallye_Mark]
Rallye_Mark - 13/7/08 at 08:22 PM
quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
Loving the locost axle stands.
goodguydrew - 13/7/08 at 08:37 PM
Those wheels are lovely. (So is the Alpha currently on Top Gear!)
Rallye_Mark - 13/7/08 at 09:35 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Werner Van Loock
Don't know if you noticed, but you have your front upright on backwards, eg the left on the right and vice versa, your steering knuckle is
pointing to the rear
Yeah I noticed after I had put them on but light was beginning to fade so didnt bother changing them round, only take 5 mins to change over. Thanks
though.
chris_smith - 13/7/08 at 09:40 PM
fantastic mate looking really good