Finally found a MkFun!!

[Mika]

looks great man, really good look.

need to take some height out of the roof rack one day i thinks

I was thinking the same thing...the racks take away from the toughness of the rest of the car at the moment. Bit of chop chop weld and I think she'll be apples!

[Gipson]

oui dont ya'll be hatin on me roofracks!

Theyre not adjusted/even fitted yet but agreed they need to lose some height, once i get a free arvo ill be making some mounts taking out some height and straightening the bars.

can anyone advise a decent quality place to get crosshairs?

[WABIT]

oui dont ya'll be hatin on me roofracks!

that has to be the most aussie-est thing ive ever read hahaha, gold!

but yes, time for chop chop, i cut mine down about 2 inches closer to the roof

dom

[lawny]

great find dude, as good as mine today. must be the day for awesome MK1 finds!

[Gipson]

Thanks lawny had a squizz at yours and it sure is clean, if thats all orginal paint etc your definately onto a winner.

anyone able to point me in the direction of some decent crosshair suppliers? not sure whether to trust the ebay mobs or not

[Gipson]

any ideas where to pick up some longer wheel studs for the front? theyre only sitting on about 10mil which i dont feel overly safe on, tried the usual places like supercheap, autopro and even the volkswagon dealers but so far nothings come up trumps.

also how much travel does everyone have on there coilovers when they push down on the front of the car? mine hardly move and although it doesnt feel like zero travel when im on the road im a bit worried about the strut towers getting a hammering. might take her into the pedders shop tomorrow and just get it all checked over

[Peter Jones]

Tyre shops usually stock them or can get them.

Sometimes you can find some BMW ones at the wreckers that are a bit longer too.

Pete

[Jarred]

mine are really stiff and have minimal travel too, that's just how they are. amplified by the fact that you have lower profile tyres which also have less sidewall flex.

no reason to go to pedders, unless something is actually wrong.

I'm guessing you got an alignment done after the install?

EDIT: BMW bolts are the go too. I have them on my wheels, as the standard bolts just don't feel quite enough, but the BMW ones should sort that.

[Gipson]

thanks both for the heads up on the bmw bolts!

jarred- went into get the wheel alignment today, mate of mine works at tyrepower so i thought i may aswell go in there, put the stockies back on so they didnt damage my wheels, got it on the ramps and a few of the older fellas thought the front shocks had seized due to the lack of travel! after a while i assured them they were coilovers but thought it might pay to just check with pedders and make sure my towers arent going to get molested.

so by very harsh on the front we're talking only a few cm? as thats about what mine go down with the stock wheels on, doesnt feel massively stiff when driving though

[Jarred]

few centimetres is probably pushing it. I've got 185/45's so they're low profile and have a bit of stretch (stiffer sidewall) and i don't have a few cm's of movement. you push down on a fender, and, well, it doesn't go far at all. 1 cm if i'm lucky.

push down on the fender with the stockies, and you'll see the tyre sidewall flex a move around, that's probably where you're getting the movement atm.

I think Dom has probably had his hottuning's in for the longest time, and well, he's shock towers havn't fallen out yet.

[roccodingo]

You should have stuck new top mounts in when you installed the shocks if your using the later style rubber jobs. The earlier type will likely transmit a greater amount of force through to the body structure.

bolts you can get thru tyre dealers. Loon has a place listed somewhere that does loads too ( website on the other pc )

[Gipson]

made myself a little parcel shelf after work today, apologies for the photo but its a bit wild outside and the mk1s confined to the shed. its only a very simple design consisting of some fabric board a staple gun and some plugs screwed in for the mounting points but i think it sits in there well and looks a hell of a lot better than the previous gap. will get a better photo in the sun.

same fabric will be going into making some covers for my sun visors on the front



my boss also had a blower left over from his xd build so we hacked a great big hole in my bonnet and teck screwed/super glued it to my weber...



suits it to a T.

haha on another subject though my odometer has stopped working, speedo still works and all other gauges just the odo's not ticking over? anyone had experience with fixing this, have tried a search but not much turned up

Dan

[lawny]

just looked through the thread and saw the pics of the roof rack..... SICK! i wish i could find one like that. dom is right though, it does need to be chopped a little so it is lower to the roof

[Gipson]

has been officially hacked down a good few inches lawny just havent had a chance to take some photos. once i find up my camera and get a nice day i will get some down

[Jarred]

the checkers look cool i reckon.

It's possible that with the odo, the small plastic gear has cracked, which means it's become loose on the shaft and is just freely spinning, and not turning the numbers. Not too hard to pull out and have a look. might be able to be fixed with some super glue, but i used a replacement cluster I had lying around. hth