Moved the new shocks closer to the ball joints.
The lower wishbones are almost parallell to the ground. Unfortunatly in my case this means I have 2.5 inches clearance on the blade sump.
There is plenty of adjustment to raise the front a bit and I'll raise the back some more too. Sump guard next job.



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Nice job, ive got a Avon kit coming next month (bike engine this time!) Are you selling these in sets? If so let me know

how much wider have you made the front?

75mm each side. Still narrower than the back but not much.

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I can't remember how much wider i made mine, and looking at my pictures it's very hard to tell

Just to let you know. I have run the car for a while now and most chuffed. There is a great deal more travel on the front and the turn in is improved. Now to sort out the back as still toeing out too far on one side. I think I will make a rig to bolt on to the rear hub so that a lazer line misses the rear arches. I should be able to use this to get it parallel, although might have to recheck the wishbone and mounts as it really shouldn't be that far out. T'other side is fine!

on mime the front n/s mounts were 10mm further back than the offside..

For some strange reason that fails to suprise me

I had a thought though to make checking easier I could mount my magnetic laser on one of the tubes that run across the rear and shine it on the rear disc so it hits half way up. If parallel it should reflect back to the laser.
Assumptions: The cross tubes are indeed at 90 degrees to the rest of the chassis. should be.
The disc is not worn: These are nearly new. and would have to be boted back with the wheel nuts.

It occurs that a modification could have been made so that adjustment could be made without the removal of the wishbone each time: say an adjusting nut with left and right hand threads with locknuts???maybe next time.

Lightning,

Are you making any more wishbones?
If not do you still have the jigs?

Cheers,

Rob around the corner from me has the jigs. He was planning on making some more. I was planning on running these for a while to give them some longevity testing. So far so good. I'll have a word and see if he has fitted his to his car yet but I know he was having problems elsewhere with his drive shafts so may not have had time.