davey_83

Night everyone and see you in the AM 😁 Drive safe chaps

The Torqen catalogue car, very nice pal

Morning fella, absolutely no worries - wing on the back causing too much drag 🤣

Smart work fella

Nice move, the mid day sun would have baked that on a treat

Sounds like one of cam position sensors, that'll causes the warning lights also whereas oil getting pass the plugs wouldn't.

Not to worry fella, plenty more for 2022. For a lot of us this will be the first decent drive out in months, be sure to check fluid levels and adjust tyre pressures if needed 📋

Big grips and a leather belt needed 👍

Around 10am id say fella we'll be setting off from breakfast.

Bedwetters I'd possibly less than Christian if I came back to my car and saw this ideology taking place.

Bring your empty tummy and enjoy, il be getting my money's worth 😄 Yeah, kick start the year off nicely - be great to see everyone👌

Food update, please see below. Not cheap, but should set us up for the day. Also from the Westmead Hotel, the halfway point stop will be Nightingale Pub Spetchley, before carrying on to The Cotswolds Golf Club. Nightingale Pub Spetchley Evesham Rd Spetchley Worcester WR7 4QS I might actually arrange a meet with some nice weather for a change 😆

Ello n welkom

Quick trip to the local BP for a pre MOT scrub down, she'll be 30 this year.

This was a really good episode. Diagnose the non start fault, win the car.

Diff bushes fitted correctly

Car 1 £11000, car 2 £9500

Looks so purposeful ol' pal #cleanandmean

Car in for a wheel alignment and couldn't resist a cheeky snap

Cheers Andy, not bad for a daily driver. When they get too bad they knock like a pig too. Nice one Dean, did as you said and use an washer to make up the difference. Used an opened up Transit subframe washer in the end. Straightforward job once you load up the ball joint and get an impact wrench on there. The front ones were ok, poor access doing them on axle stands however I've heard the rear ones are worst to do. The coilovers that replaced the 16yr old OE dampers, felt great even working in conjunction with tired lower arms, now they feel amazing!!! After all the bits and a geo, the car feels mega.

Forget the Kia, bring a couple tins next week to the meet to me 😄

Cheers fella, can't complain this end - hope you well also. Yeah better weather appears to be finally with us at long last. Had a clicking / tapping and then later knocking noise on the 350z which occured with wheel rotation and didn't seem to be coming from just one wheel. Sounded like when you get a stone in the tyre tread but would go away when turning right. Absolutely struggled to diagnose the fault alone. Roped in @350Butcher for a second pair of hands and found the front lower arms inner bushes on both sides had gone. Didn't look there, as didn't seem to fit the symptoms as I had been looking at the rear axle. New parts ready to go on EPMAN billet lower control arms JDM Garage track rod ends Whiteline adjustable ARB drop links Daystar polyethylene dust boots O/S out, the word is toast N/S was worst Old split pins, no match for daddy mole Fitted these over a few occasions when time allowed, unloaded the suspension, set the ARB drop links length before fully tightened up all bolts. Anxiously went out for a drive and... the clicking noise was still there argh!!!!!! hhhmmm looked around on YouTube and came across a fella in Malaysia who by the sounds of it, had the same issue. In the end his fault was said to be with his wheel spacer studs. He had those replaced, cleaned up the wheels, hubs and all mating surfaces and that sorted the problem. So set about doing the same, less the stud replacements. Thorough cleaned up of all the old crud, plus the wheels and spacers haven't been on the car for 2 years so probably added to the corrosion of the grime. Of course cleaned the wheels after removal back in 2020, however neglected to clean the all important boss. Threads de grim'd also Reassembled, went out for a spin and clicking gone, completely quiet. Couple of drives to make sure all was well, prior getting a wheel alignment. Can't resist an under shot or two

I have to say, the new 5's look lush!!

Do love these wheels and work well with lowered ride height. With lowering you'll naturally gain more negative camber too, however arch work definitely needed for your spec. @Dani350z car above

It's well and truly pouring it down here in the Midlands, needed however to wash away the last bit of salt on the roads 👍