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Neal
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:58 am |
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Ive got to say, being parked on an incline/decline wont make any difference to the ride height either |
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Soneji
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:09 am |
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bum shaft me hearties! I'm sure I've had cars that have arse raised themselfs with handbrake on, on an incline |
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Neal
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:11 am |
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Aye, maybe a couple of mm on a steepish incline, but look at the pictures, its a pretty big change in height and the incline is bugger all really |
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Soneji
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:12 am |
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well strike me down and call me bongo |
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Neal
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:13 am |
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Chris H
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:55 pm |
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a couple of inches the arse will raise on not to steep a hill. |
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Soneji
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:17 am |
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Ha see I was right Neal, stick that in your pipe and choke on it son  |
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Neal
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:18 am |
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Well I dont agree with the couple of inches thing at all. |
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Soneji
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:20 am |
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for you not bending to the dark side your getting another -'ve  |
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Chris H
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:40 am |
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gravity doesn't apply in neals world!
mine used to sit then hold then roll back then stop and sit superhigh due to that, I could easily get my hand in the gap! |
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Neal
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:04 am |
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It does, but even if you try to pull away in reverse with the handbrake on it doesnt raise that much, so hows it going to do it just by being on a hill? |
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Chris H
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:09 am |
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yours must be a specioal locked suspension car then |
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schakal
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:16 am |
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this is getting funnier by the minute |
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Soneji
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:18 am |
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lol at this. Its rare I get anything right about cars, you shat on ma wee parade you pot of toss |
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Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:05 am |
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[quote="Chris H"]gravity doesn't apply in neals world![quote]
aye hes a mountain biker! |
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astrojon007
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:25 am |
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YAY!!!! I fitted the shocks last night and the car handles better ( both sides have the same damping force now  )
Having said that, as expected the car is till pretty much on it's arse and I just don't know why. It's not the shocks and it's not the rear mounting points for the rear beam (four bolt bits either side just in front of rear arches) as the mounts would be visible damage i.e rust/corrosion.
What on earth has made my back end drop like this. The tyre is about 1-2cm into the arch and I can't figure out why. Also it's both sides of the car not just one.
Rear beam itself srewed? Any bushes on the rear beam at all that could've gone? Could the tortion bars be causing a problem?
Is there anything else it could possibly be? Almost at the point now where I'm gonna resign myself to getting screwed over and take it to a garage. |
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Chris H
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:44 am |
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if it was the torsion bars then it wouldbe on the bumpstops and there woul be no springing.
I reckon your imagining it or you have slabs in thre boot etc! |
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astrojon007
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:07 am |
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Lol. I wish mate. Nothin in the back exept the sub n two amps which were in there before it got lower.
How high(er.... I mean low) would the car be sitting if it were on the bump stops. In fact no it's not on the bump stops at all. The i can still push thwe back end down a bit so it's not on the stops.
So there are no busher or anything on the beam that it could be?
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Well I have been a bit stressed lately but I don't think I have quite started halucinating yet. |
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Chris H
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:09 am |
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no bushes etc that would do that.
only thing thats reasonable is the torsion beam has lost its spring but you say you can bounce the rear so thats not happened. |
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astrojon007
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:14 am |
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I am well and truly lost on this so I'm goin to a garage on monday to get em to have a "proffesional" look at it. Bet they try and do me over for something.
Hmmm...I may well just put it thru an mot next week and just fix what I need to for that then worry bout everything else afterwards. |
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Neal
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:15 am |
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Get a pic up so we can see for ourselves just how low it is |
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