AtWork

Evening, changing my A-Frame bushes and can't get the holes to realign. Tried tilting the diff with a jack but only succeed in raising the whole car! Any advice?

Thanks.

YHM

Think they might be getting rare now but if anyone has spare/unwanted old style S3 non hi-vis doors (driver's door in particular) I'd be keen to hear from you. 

Thanks,

Sid

Actually, if you could let me know the price for the chrome lamps too that'd be good - forgot I'd miss the reflection!

Cheers,

Sid

Hi,

How much are you asking for the black headlights and the half doors pls?

Thanks,

Sid

Got it! Small stone stuck behind the disc :o) Must've been when I passed the road dressing roadworks.

Refilled the trunnions while I was on but discovered offside front has a bit if a wobble so will get bearings checked at next service.

Phew!

About 1645.

Looked lovely - considerably cleaner than mine at the moment :o)

Carry an extinguisher somewhere handy i.e. not in the boot - you won't have time for faffing with poppers, Velcro and rummaging among whatever you've got in there.

Squirt the extinguisher down the bonnet louvres - don't whip the bonnet off and give the fire lots of air to chew on.

Be fully insured, in case it's a proper BBQ.

Thanks very much for the very detailed info

I have a small confession though - while doing another little job I noticed the rubber washers on the cycle wing had perished away and that the wing had been clattering up and down the screw between wing stay and screw head, to the extent that it's now cracked from hole-to-hole. Now I've made a new pair of rubber washers, the noise I thought had been coming from the FR shock magically appears to have stopped and the ride seems not quite as bad as I thought Obviously I was paying more attention to what I was hearing than to what I was feeling.

Still think the bushes could do with a refresh as the bits I can see look pretty tired, but I'll hold off on large scale expenditure for a bit - other than replacing the front wing!

30-tonne press?!

Think I'll get a man in...

Hi,

Have the Bilsteins gone?

Thanks,

AtWork

Thanks SM25

Terry, it was this here. Seemed a bit pricey. Bit annoying too as I already have a bag of A-frame bushes and swapped them quite recently.

Hi,

Mine haven't been changed for a lo-ong time and the ride has become a bit 'crashy'. New bushes are a decent starting point en route to changing dampers (mine have been on ten yrs so shouldn't be shot at yet - should they?) but CC are out of stock. Anyone know of alternative suppliers?

Incidentally - £90 a set?! Blimey.

Car's an S3 Live axle. Road use rather than hardcore track use, so I'm not planning on anything fancy (read: expensive).

Thanks very much,

AtWork

Thanks. Worth looking into some flaps by the sound of it.

The pipe lagging armrests are done and don't look as bad as I expected. The doors close tighter than before (although I wonder whether they are going to pop the press-stud open first time I hit a pot hole) and the added padding feels quite comfy.

Will have to wait until Tues to test them, although currently it's forecast to be dry, typical!

Edited to add pics:

http://instagram.com/p/fakXQWlLYD/

http://instagram.com/p/falK4XlLZ6/

http://instagram.com/p/fakCVwFLXb/

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Thought that'd be the case.

Thanks.