This month's jobs of chioice (!) were a pair of rear wheel bearings, rear drop links and fixing hardware and a trial fit of the FARB on the rear.
Having swapped the struts on Sunday and given the car a test drive
, i was happy enough to leave the 24mm ARB on the rear for now and so decided to pull the rear hubs off last night, to drop them off today. As it happened, I managed to pull both hubs off in 45 minutes and stopped the chap from leaving the car park to drop them in his boot - job done!
As absolutely everything has been off the rear of the car and so is so caked in copper grease (I now have to put up with abouse from some of my mates for my excesssive use of the stuff!), the hardest part job was working out where the ABS sensor leads went! Found them sticking out under the rear seat so removed them, leaving some string running down the rear chassis leg so I could replace them! Car is currently striiped of all rear interior, carpet etc. Going to have to go for a play before I rebuild it!
Annoyingly, the rear drop links, like a few other items nowadays, had rocketed in price and cost the same as a pair of rear CV boots, pair of top mounts and a pair of bellows and bump stops
. So that lot is next month's jobs 
, unless I do the front subframe 
Took a few pictures of the car for no good reason and also a few pics of the RARB setup. Just looking at the pics, you'd never guess that all the rear subframe, wishbones, bushes, balljoints etc. were less than 6 months old
Having swapped the struts on Sunday and given the car a test drive
, i was happy enough to leave the 24mm ARB on the rear for now and so decided to pull the rear hubs off last night, to drop them off today. As it happened, I managed to pull both hubs off in 45 minutes and stopped the chap from leaving the car park to drop them in his boot - job done!As absolutely everything has been off the rear of the car and so is so caked in copper grease (I now have to put up with abouse from some of my mates for my excesssive use of the stuff!), the hardest part job was working out where the ABS sensor leads went! Found them sticking out under the rear seat so removed them, leaving some string running down the rear chassis leg so I could replace them! Car is currently striiped of all rear interior, carpet etc. Going to have to go for a play before I rebuild it!
Annoyingly, the rear drop links, like a few other items nowadays, had rocketed in price and cost the same as a pair of rear CV boots, pair of top mounts and a pair of bellows and bump stops
. So that lot is next month's jobs , unless I do the front subframe Took a few pictures of the car for no good reason and also a few pics of the RARB setup. Just looking at the pics, you'd never guess that all the rear subframe, wishbones, bushes, balljoints etc. were less than 6 months old
although at over £200, that's looking a little unlikely for the moment. Hoping that the replica ones come in a little cheaper.
good plan Steve!
. Hoping that the front subframe will help with that.
. The car seems to love tighter corners where it would have struggled for front-end grip before. Much improved, used a local small roundabout as a handling test and was very impressed with the change! The handling is more neutral on bigger, sweeping bends and nicely adjustable at the limit of adhesion on big motorway roundabouts etc. without snapping (as you'd expect with standard spring I suppose).
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