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binge Emo Kiddy
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Posted: 00:01 - 17 Mar 2015 Post subject: Resurrection of the Transit ***Van Alert*** |
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As most of you may have read last year, my Transit was hit by a Romanian lorry.
It's been 6 months now, and we're no closer to a pay-out from the 3rd party, and I'm sick of looking at my van all smashed up.
It's already been valued, and I've already agreed to keep the van, so if/when the claim does go through, I will just get a cheque for £2300.
So I started by replacing the stoved in side loading door, and the rear beam, to straight items.
Because of where the van was parked, I had to do the beam in situ before it was drivable (Very pikey I know!)
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So I got it to work on the new rear beam, and the crazy loud rally-X tyres.
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Before fitting the side loading door;
Nasty!
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My van and my courtesy van from the insurance.
I'm not just saying it because it's mine, but I genuinely prefer driving the Mk6.
The Mk7 has a proper squeaky/rattley dashboard, and a noisy engine.
Although the 6-speed box in the Mk7 is lush!
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Got my hands on a pair of limo black side windows, with openers, for a very cheap price at £100 the pair.
Seeing as they are £300 a piece from Ford, I'm chuffed!
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Threw a rattle can over the green door until I can get around to having the whole van painted.
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And started going at some of the rust bubbles on the roof from careless loading in the past from previous owners.
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Then, I became a proper pikey, and got my hands on a set of 20" chrome wheels. Quite tatty, but they've polished up very well!
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The front hubs had Mondeo studs fitted into them from the re-drill (Thanks to Pete.! )
But with the 20" wheels, the nuts only had about 4 turns on them, and I didn't feel too confident with them, so I replaced the studs with some +20 ones:
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I've always wanted to lower the van, but never really known the best way to do it.
So I spent Sunday having a mess around, and a look at what I had.
In the end, I decided to grind off the locating brackets on the shock legs, and smooth the area off.
Slide the hubs further up the shock, do up the pinch bolts, and then weld the locator brackets back on.
In turn, it has lowered the van 2", but not adjusted ANYTHING other than ride height. I've not sacrificed spring rate, ride hardness, or anything like that.
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As for the rear. I looked into every way of lowering leaf springs, including flipping the axle.
But in the end, I decided to de-camber the springs using the press at work, and 20-tons of pressure.
I've read a lot of write ups from old American racers, and some of the old school Ford boys, and this is a method used in the past, which works. And because no heat has been used, it's pretty damn safe.
I just pressed the springs flatter along 4 equal points. 10-tons on the outer points, and 20 tons on the inner points to ensure both springs were the same.
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And then after a quick drive around the carpark, and a tracking:
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The result was (IMO) pretty good.
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After that, I had the windscreen removed, as the A-pillars need some attention.
Once the bodywork is sorted out around the front end, I will get a fitter out to put a new heated screen in as mine is cracked anyway. ____________________ - Honda XL125S - CBR400 NC29 - VFR400 NC30 - CBR400 NC29 - TL1000R - TeeZeR Pit! - Bandit 12 - YZF450 - LuckyMX125 Pit! - Demon X XLR 140 Pit!
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Needs a chrome wrap for the uber chav look |
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The Rally X tyres are many times cooler than those things. |
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This Van is always an interesting project, but it's the interior that gets me moist though.
The mk7 Transits are ugly I drive them a lot at work. And yes that same Duratorq 2.0 engine that's also in the Mondeo and X-type has a noisy whiney clatter that I don't like. I prefer the sound of other un-refined diesels like the Rover L-series etc.
I want to love your chrome wheels, but I bet they were once left abandoned on someones doorstep with a note.
I didn't know you could lower the strut bottom through the hub like that though? I thought all struts had some sort of stepped reducer so that they only fit the hub in one position only. |
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lol they are the worst wheels i've ever seen ____________________ '00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30 Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011
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i am probably wrong, but isn't it not illegal to have wheels as the widest part of the vehicle, as I say, I am more than likely wrong
p.s the other wheels look better ____________________ CBT- 2012 Theory- 18/12/13 Mod 1- 07/01/14 Mod 2- 15/01/14
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I bet those Chromies were really expensive back in 1995. Truely disgusting. (Trucker mud flaps to go with them?)
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£1200 new for the wheels.
I love em!
Yup to mud flaps, just looking at different types. Gonna probably run a big one in each of the front two arches, and then one long mud flap along the rear under a custom made step...
But that's just a possibility I've dreamed up.
More realistically, I will probably just have 4 mud flaps, 1 in each arch. ____________________ - Honda XL125S - CBR400 NC29 - VFR400 NC30 - CBR400 NC29 - TL1000R - TeeZeR Pit! - Bandit 12 - YZF450 - LuckyMX125 Pit! - Demon X XLR 140 Pit!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 85 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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