ARGH! Spring swap issues...

tex · Post by **tex** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:00 pm

To give the wheels their idependence hence why people who get into comps leave them off same goes for the front one. They are there for the handling characteristics only. If it is left off as you go over a rise or a rock the wheel on the opposing side is free sit on the ground and get traction as it is not being held up by the sway bar.
Hope I left this in an understandable state.

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:04 pm

Well, apart from still awaiting four more spacers to arrive (bloody auspost strike!) and then getting the wheel alignment done, the major work has been finished. So...

Before....

And now after......

Lots more photos to come, but I still need to take the after shots of measurements for clearance and the like.

Hope you like it, Scoobs definitely looks a lot beastier now!

Cheers,
Owen.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:48 pm

NICE! You've gotta be very stoked with that, even though you're still working some things out...

If I get a pile of steel for christmas I won't be complaining - and would probabily be taking the week off before new year

Well done mate, it certainly looks the part now!

Cheers

Bennie

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:27 pm

oooh man that is awesome... good on you that looks like a tough beast!!!!!! good on ya... oi what happened on the side there in the photo (below passengers doors)?
Cheers
AP

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:07 am

AlpineRaven wrote:oooh man that is awesome... good on you that looks like a tough beast!!!!!! good on ya... oi what happened on the side there in the photo (below passengers doors)?
Cheers
AP

Thanks AP, it's pretty bad-ass! hahaha, yup that unfortunate damage there is from a chain link fence when I was learning to drift with four wheels... awd's don't come back around like rwd's do... Been sinking too much money and time into the engine rebuild and the lifting to bother fixing it properly... it's just primed at the moment. Will bog it back out eventually...

Still waiting for those missing spacers to arrive, once i get them then it's wheel alignment time

tex · Post by **tex** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:18 pm

Where did you get the bull bar from it looks almost identical to my spare one at home, But how come you didn't take the bumper off to fit it?

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:58 pm

Tex, the bullbar was an ebay find, bought it off some dude in fitzroy for $40. The brackets it came with fit perfectly around the bumper and the side wrap around as well. So its on how it's designed to fit... I know it seems odd, I'd rather it be on as a replacement as that's obviously its styling, but I'd say it was a custom made job that could be taken off and on without worrying about replacing body work.

To function as a proper replacement-style bullbar I need to have new brackets fabricated to make it sit where the standard bumber is and I think it would also need to be chopped and narrowed. It's just a matter of look now as the lift has negated the poor approach angle it used to give me... Sure I could improve it still but I think the money and effort to make it properly replace the main bumper wouldn't be worth it in terms of performance gain or looks... I'd rather keep an eye out for a proper substitute or wait until I can weld alloy. Considering I can't even weld steel, a substitute is looking the more likely option :P

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:46 pm

i took my rear sway bar out, nil difference in handling! but looking huge!!!! time for some neg camber in the front end tho, i run mine full neg and have no probs!!