Project Z

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Any tips for wiring in the crossovers? I'm gonna have to do this soon and it looks a right pain.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

yeah... you have to wire the speakers 'out of phase'. this meant for me that the tweeters were connected to the crossover with their polarity the 'wrong' way round

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

not that I told you that or anything.

yes wire them out of phase, cancels out any sort of bass/mid that gets to the tweeter.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

yes you told me that Chris, i never said you didnt did i.

i also need to get the boots/bump stops for the front struts now... have to see if GSF do them otherwise ill have to bend over for Renault.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

doubt GSF will do them, but hopefully they will.

Also when you fit them cable tie them to the strut, as they are they are meant to clip onto the collar so the pistons not exposed, they never clip right so cable tie em.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

right, good tip, thanks for that!

ill also need my spring compressors, think theyre at my parents bah

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

also i must get a 40 inch or so long bit of 20mm metal bar so i can get medieval on my stuck torsion bar from the other side.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

like I said before get the back end up on axle stands and unbolt the shocks

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

yeah i did and it wouldnt budge!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

support the trailing arm so theres no load on the torsion bar, they are usually easy to shift after you do all that.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Did that with mine too, and neither side would go Razz

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Addie reckons theres a place near him that uses some kind of hydraulic puller thing to get em out.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

you mean a puller? How ironic.

it still goes in where a slide hammer would and you said you have fecked the threads.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

no the threads in the torsion bar are fine, its just any bolt i put in there shears where the nut is

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Right, first update in, well, ages. Decided not to bother sorting the car, but to strip it and scrap it. Ive had way more than what i paid for it off it in parts and stereo equipment etc. Most useful things are gone, the Retro-renault vultures descended mercilessly on it. Engine and box out today, Wicked Neo is having the box. Rest gets scrapped soon, very soon.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Gearbox now sitting in the boot of my ph1, cheers Neal Smile

next payday will buy it a new clutch too, i see no point in having it all out to fit the new box without doing the clutch at the same time, so gives me a few weeks to get it all sorted ready for transplant.

also had away the door/window rubbers, mine are well manked cos of the stupid metal strip inside them and oh a leccy window switch too.

Rust in Peace WOX

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

that the end? lol