well, project Tri-door, the Fast Ford project car has just been treated to the set of AVOs i got, they are the race spec mono tube ones and retail for £800+ VAT

i got pissed off with it getting blown all over the place on the motorway etc as im using it as me daily drive at the mo

well, this is how me motor looked this morning



im sure small animals live in there, thats a 5 inch arch to tyre gap



here are the bling fronts after i ripped the old shit off, i did put the 2wd hub on too, and re-assembled it all - then found the brake caliper mounts were different so had to put old hub on for now



the bad boy in place



only remebered to take pic of the rears when i was about to lower it



new arch to tyre gap = 0!!!



and how the mo fukka looks now!
i dont gave to get in it anymore, i just kinda fall in



it handles pretty fookin good now, considering its still on the shittest tyres in the world, but its a REALLY harsh ride and me love handles are all over the place

need a lid on to stop you getting knocked out over the bumps, even the smoothest roads have 6 foot drops in em

and now its 5 inches lower it scrpaes when i park the coon outside me house on the kerb

 

You can put the old step ladder you were using to get into the thing on E-bay now to offset the costs?

Coilovers and steelies with hubcaps. Very retro bling.... sort of

 

Lol hows the zetec coming on?

 

wow, now that is decked

 

Its mad, coilovers that cost twice what the car did

cool as fuk tho

 

You not scared about spring platform falling off or the spring not going itnto right place? I got the same sort of thing with my cilovers and I am wondering what schould i do about it...

 

Helper spring on proper suspension, but on AVOs you just watch how you lower it back down again

 

Avo offers helper springs too. Why not on avos? It's not a matter of whatching it but there are also jumps on the road and so on

 

Oranoco

only for the time being mate, dont want peeps to see em yet as there isnt much security on the car so ill wail a while till thats sorted before sticking my alloys on lol

jhw

pistons are done, rods are nearly done so hopefully wont be tooo much longer mate

Craigo

fukkin aye

Itsmeagain

see reason why i still got the steelies on

Azrael

yeah just watch out when you lower the car back down. altho after only 30odd miles there is a clonking coming from the back

 

oh ah, i fitted the poly bushes to the top mounts, what a complete coooooooooont they are to get in

 

looks cool Reminds me of a mates about 12 yaers ago but he had mk3 xr3 flower pots fittted and his was a cream colour did not have coil overs though he just cut his springs in half

 

lol at tone

bet that handled good then

 

What do you try to say? Are they shit, or did you do something wrong or what?

I have to do at some point something more pro then watching backs when I lower it down as I may jump one day or just have one of the wheels airborne on hard corner :-/

 

 

That is funny as fuck, what are the plans for the rest of the car?

 

Longer springs required if its a problem Jakub

 

I am not completly sure if the problem is big enought to have them one or two inches longer. I will know when the car is setup properly, for now the rear was far too low.


Any ideas for temporary solution? I seriously tought about cable-tyieng the platform to the spring.

 

He needs to buy my car and rob it for parts

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Mark

 

Other than longer springs or helper springs I'd wait and see how bad it gets first

 

OK, on coil-over manual they say to use helpers IF there is bad spring dislocation problem...

 

its fukkin ace, ride is harsh as fuck and it feels like you take off all the time lol

Paul Eggleton

350bhp zetec turbo, RS500 rep kit, 2wd running gear and T5 gearbox

going in for a roll cage on the 21st, then see about getting it painted

 

 

cheers mate

 

Cool you should keep it looking standard but slammed on steelies.

 

well at this rate it prolly will, i cant afford a paint job at the mo, and the 500 kit aint going on till its all painted lol

 

Lol. Would be a proper sleeper.

 

I have helper spring on the front and back on my setup but on nthe rear i noticed the spring is held up in position with cable ties so never a problem....and before all the know it alls come on and spout there shit this is exactly how they came off the recce car...simple cure for those avos?

 

fudge, i nearly fell over laughing when you rolled round the corner in it.

lol i dunno why i found it so funny. maybe something to do
with the exhaust dragging on the floor where its so fukking low.

hope you get the rest of it sorted ASAP fudgeee

 

the thing is with cable ties is that the upper spring seat will still need locating in the top of the strut, unless you do summut to attach it to it, but then it will need locating in the bottom spring seat.

fook it, it will do as is for now lol

 

Fudgeass good point....mine has helper springs aswell but are very thin on the back and i guess the cable ties are for not allowing the spring to drop thus crushing the helper spring.

 

helper springs may err help lol but even if it does come out the seat, its gotta rise about 10mm before the top cup can come completly outand they aint gas shocks on the back so wont extend like that even if the car wasmid flight for about 5 seconds lol

 

well ive adjusted the rear shocks to their softest settings, as me drive to work was err painfull lol

back end bounces now when i launch it too

 

Wow Phil, that suspension sounds great, what kind of setup up is it did you say?