My vx220 project

Daz

Looks like its coming along nicely Um neil....go on tell us how much...

vocky

Daz said:
go on tell us how much...

it's less than £700..........................just :shock:

Daz

well fook me sideways...maybe not....lol....bloody hell thats dear...

vocky

what's worse was the original could very easily have been repaired, but it's a critical part of a vx220 and should not be repaired.

so I cut it off :shock: :lol:

Daz

yer like its the front end of the car ...lol

vocky

don't you mean WAS the front end of the car :lol: :lol:

seriously though, it absorbs the impact of a crash and saves the chassis from damage

mine only hit a hay-bale, which cracked/split the lower section 🙁

JohnnyN

£700!! Fekkin Ding Dong!!

Well, you've got to have it. You wouldn't want that chassis buckling after all the hard work you're putting into it.

coopa

vocky said:
mintex 1144 pads F+R, new discs, new hubs

Not sure I understand the new hubs bit. Are you switching to Lotus 4 bolt hubs? If so, why?

coopa

JohnnyN said:
£700!! Fekkin Ding Dong!!

Carbon Fibre doesn't come cheap :cry:

coopa

vocky said:

turbo rear spoiler, turbo front splitters

chav..

vocky

coopa said:

vocky said:
mintex 1144 pads F+R, new discs, new hubs

Not sure I understand the new hubs bit. Are you switching to Lotus 4 bolt hubs? If so, why?

they are standard 5 stud hubs and were cheap 😃

theres nothing wrong with the originals, except they are rusty and would require bead blasting

vocky

coopa said:

vocky said:

turbo rear spoiler, turbo front splitters

chav..

:lol: :lol:

got them at trade price, good job with the price dealers charge :shock:

vocky

painted the front calipers and fitted the front goodridge brake hoses

coopa

😃 I'm glad you didn't paint them red!

Lightning_Coupe

what did you paint them with vocky?

vocky

coopa said:
😃 I'm glad you didn't paint them red!

I was getting worried what you would reply :lol:

red is not my favorite colour, strangely it's blue 😃

Lightning Coupé said:
what did you paint them with vocky?

I used Halfords caliper paint and a modellers paint brush, 3 coats takes about 1 hour per caliper :shock:

Not much progress to report, taking the suspension parts to the bead blasters hopefully tomorrow 🙂

vocky

my new anti-roll bar bushes arrived, so fitted them with plenty of silicone oil

also fitted some mesh over the heater air intake slots, to stop stones etc from getting in the heater and stopping the 'hot/cold' flap from working correctly

Gazza

looking good mate

that car reminds me of work to much notsure.gif 😃

vocky

Gazza said:
that car reminds me of work to much notsure.gif 😃

which parts do you make notsure.gif

Matt

You done anything else Neil?

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