What could this be?
After dropping off my calipers to my mate who fixes my car yesterday, he gave me some tips on fitting the rear spacers. Armed with extreme confidence this afternoon, I tackled this UTTER BASTARD of a job. I removed the caliper carrier and thought 'wow, these 4 hub bolts are going to be a doddle to remove!'
Talk about limited clearance, coupled with the fact the Incredible Hulk had been in Dieppe the day car was built. I almost gave up, those bolts were taking forever to come out and not showing any signs of easing up anytime soon. I only kept going because they were as hard to tighten as they were to loosen. Anyway, I'm a tenacious individual and I soon prevailed. Fitting was a doddle and soon had them on!
I couldn't believe I had been able to do both sides, I'd actually hit myself in the face at least 4 times and not sure how I didn't damage the bodywork along the way. My neighbour asked me why I didn't just take it to the garage. I told him because I like the sense of achievement (must be a sadist also!)
So the front spacers were obviously a doddle UNTIL I realised I'd been sent the wrong locking wheel bolt key from sixonetwo. Therefore not all bolts are on the front, but I wanted to see how it looks with its new stance. I won't be driving it until next weekend so have all week for sixonetwo to sort out their error!
Before
After
All in all, really pleased I managed to persevere and get it all (mostly) done today. 3.5 hours and feel like I've pulled every damn muscle in my body! Once it gets washed and I take some decent pictures, I'm sure I'll feel pretty damn good about it!
After dropping off my calipers to my mate who fixes my car yesterday, he gave me some tips on fitting the rear spacers. Armed with extreme confidence this afternoon, I tackled this UTTER BASTARD of a job. I removed the caliper carrier and thought 'wow, these 4 hub bolts are going to be a doddle to remove!'
Talk about limited clearance, coupled with the fact the Incredible Hulk had been in Dieppe the day car was built. I almost gave up, those bolts were taking forever to come out and not showing any signs of easing up anytime soon. I only kept going because they were as hard to tighten as they were to loosen. Anyway, I'm a tenacious individual and I soon prevailed. Fitting was a doddle and soon had them on!
I couldn't believe I had been able to do both sides, I'd actually hit myself in the face at least 4 times and not sure how I didn't damage the bodywork along the way. My neighbour asked me why I didn't just take it to the garage. I told him because I like the sense of achievement (must be a sadist also!)
So the front spacers were obviously a doddle UNTIL I realised I'd been sent the wrong locking wheel bolt key from sixonetwo. Therefore not all bolts are on the front, but I wanted to see how it looks with its new stance. I won't be driving it until next weekend so have all week for sixonetwo to sort out their error!
Before
After
All in all, really pleased I managed to persevere and get it all (mostly) done today. 3.5 hours and feel like I've pulled every damn muscle in my body! Once it gets washed and I take some decent pictures, I'm sure I'll feel pretty damn good about it!
