My vx220 project

[Daz]

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

 

[vocky]

go on tell us how much...

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

 

[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

 

[Daz]

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

 

[vocky]

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

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]

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]

£700!! Fekkin Ding Dong!!

Carbon Fibre doesn't come cheap

 

[coopa]

turbo rear spoiler, turbo front splitters

chav..

 

[vocky]

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]

turbo rear spoiler, turbo front splitters

chav..

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

 

[vocky]

painted the front calipers and fitted the front goodridge brake hoses

 

[coopa]

I'm glad you didn't paint them red!

 

[Lightning Coupé]

what did you paint them with vocky?

 

[vocky]

I'm glad you didn't paint them red!

I was getting worried what you would reply

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

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

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]

that car reminds me of work to much notsure.gif

which parts do you make notsure.gif

 

[Matt]

You done anything else Neil?