Alan welcome to the forum! the gear changing i can share with you,when i bought mine i thought i was driving a very quick tractor! you will find that the Storm knob will make a vast difference,ive used one for a few years now,and couldn't believe what a difference it made and also looks very nice,very cold in the morning tho!i had my steering wheel re-worked,made thicker and that also made a difference immediately.enjoy the car be carefull in the wet don;t be too keen to exit!
Well, fitted my stormwerks gear knob the other day. Quite surprised at how much a difference just a gear knob can make, seemed to make the changes a lot easier although it still feels quite notchy and doesn't seem to spring back so I'm getting the oil changed next week along with a few other jobs.
Today I freed up the boot lock that was sticking and while I was at it took the number plate up which looked like it had quite a mess behind it. I don't have the plate holder on the rear but was wondering how it attaches, I have 4 holes in the bootlid, 2 that have rubber washers and 2 that look like someone has drilled at some point to attach the number plate and the number plate must have been rubbing on this area as a lot of the paint had been taken and i don't want to attach it like that again for too long.
Also gave it a policy and started to notice a few marks in the paint that I hadn't seen before, it's amazing how much more you notice when it's properly clean, worst areas being the rear arches but I think most of that might have been done in the last couple of weeks as I'm sure it wasn't as bad when I bought the car.
Thanks, will be adding one of those to my list of things to buy in the future as I've spent a bit much this first month already.
Picking the car up from the garage tomorrow after getting a few things done.
Gearbox oil changed
Brake fluid change
Braided brake hoses
Brake pipes cleaned up and protected
Braided clutch hose
2 of the exhaust hangers changed
Front wishbone bushes changed
Diff hanger bush changed
Oil leak from engine to be fixed (looked to be CPV when we looked at it before putting the car in)
Droplinks
30mm lowering springs fitted
I think that's everything although they might not be doing the diff bush, cant remember if i definitely asked them to do that.
I supplied some of the parts so hoping the bill wont be too big and after this I think that should it be pretty much sound mechanically bar getting the Vanos seals etc changed as a precaution.
What do we think? Personally i think it looks a lot better in person, a couple of mm higher at the back would be perfect for me. Still have spacers to arrive to see what difference they make but don't think it even really needs them.
Driving wise the gearbox feels a lot better, the oil change seems to have taken away a lot of the notchiness that was there before and the clutch feels better aswell.
Oil leak was the o-ring for the CVP, they showed me the old o ring and it felt like hard plastic so obviously had never been changed.
All in all pretty happy with the peace of mind that everything should be OK for now, even though the bill was a bit bigger than i was expecting.
Had a look at the car today and think that photo exaggerates how low it is at the rear as it looks pretty much level. The car also seems to roll a bit less in the corners which is good but is a bit crashy over potholes and rough surfaces.
Anyway will be staying as it is for now as ive already spent too much this month.....
I'd go with raising the rear a bit with thicker spring pads - remember that you sit more rearwards in these so just a driver or with passenger and the rear sits lower, that plus acceleartion and the tendency for the rear suspension design to squat means you can end up with nose-high stance most of the time.
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