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[Adcuz]

Some progress today.. Front arches ripped off and new Group 6 ones put in place. Just need to do the rear ones this Weekend. Also have Hi-Lo suspension bits to do this Weekend. Brake bits will be here tomorrow!

[Adcuz]

Right! Brakes sorted now.. I think anyway. They all seem to work. Entire system has been bled and the the entire rear section has been replaced. My only concern is when I tested it I accelerated up to 30MPH and stopped as fast as I could. It doesn't seem to be able to lock up the the wheels, but it does stop the car pretty well at that speed. Is this normal for standard front discs? I thougt they should be better than the drum brake all round setup. My last mini had drums all round and this car at the moment brakes exactly like that one did... except this one has discs. Lame..

Anyway.. today I got another picture after some small jobs done.

- Removed ugly wheel centres
- Colored the Yokohama logo in on the tyre sidewalls



As you can see, I still haven't replaced the rear arches as I know they're going to be a pain to do. The old arches have left a right mess on the front wings which will be sorted at some point.

I'm hoping to attempt to fit my Hi-Los tomorrow. Haynes Manual isn't overly clear on how to do this. Any idiots guide advice out there?

[Retro_10s]

Disc brakes need to bed in, they wont work brilliantly straight out of the box

[1275 SPRITE]

Hi,

I checked to see if I had any rear lenses and I have.
How are these for you?



James

[Adcuz]

They look OK, but what about the bottom part?

UPDATE

I've lowered the rear this weekend. I decided to slam it right down to the max to see how it would ride. Unfortunately it would scrape over every little bump making the car unusable. I've raised it a bit, there's room for 2 fingers between the wheel and arch. It does still scrub over larger bumps in the road.. I think harder suspension donuts will sort this?

How it was sitting slammed:




How it looks at the moment:


Hoping to get the new bonnet fitted very soon. Waiting for paypal to sort themselves out.

[1275 SPRITE]

Looks great, still looks good raised slightly.
The bottom part of the light lenses are identicle to yours, thats how they are... clear for reverse with a little red reflector. They are 2 piece, so you just need to change the tops to get them back to standard

[Adcuz]

Ah! Nice. I'll take them then

Will PM to keep it on topic.

[jameswildcooper]

looks good mate has it got twin tanks?

[Adcuz]

No it's just more silly mods I haven't had the chance to remove yet. Just a fake filler cap. Anyone want it?

[jameswildcooper]

ah right fair enough it actually looks quite smart with the second neck.

[Adcuz]

Update time.

Bonnet has been changed, and rear lights are now back to standard thanks to Mr 1275_SPRITE!


New bonnet on:


New lights on:


Hoping to start fabricating a new dashboard setup out of Alumnium over the weekend!

[Adcuz]

Nothing done to the car this weekend in the end. I realised today that I haven't taken any "proper" photos of the car as usually I just use my phone as it's convenient when you have oily/dirty hands. I decided to go for a drive and find a nice location, here's the only two that I came back with:

Click the images for slightly larger versions.





Hope you like!

[Deathrow]

Now those are some seriously nice pictures sir! Got them any bigger? If you've got them 1280x1024 I'd love to use them as a desktop .

[mighty mini jack]

Now those are some seriously nice pictures sir! Got them any bigger? If you've got them 1280x1024 I'd love to use them as a desktop .

Seconded, awesome pics!

[Adcuz]

Thanks very much!!

Here's both images resized at 1280x1024:

Image 1 | Image 2