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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 20 May 2019, 21:42:42 »
Yes but I don't seem to be able to post pictures off my phone, for some reason.
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 19 May 2019, 21:38:54 »
Only when the bearings fail I get 0.5mm of play, not the 10mm of play with bushes 
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 19 May 2019, 20:11:54 »
She's been up over 130mp...erm..coffees, yes coffee's that's what I meant to say. For 35mil... Coffees cornering hard. Like she's in rails. Part numbers available.
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 17 May 2019, 23:52:00 »
I'm glad somebody else actually understands the modification.
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 16 May 2019, 19:49:47 »
Wishbones still good, driven hard on Welsh mountain roads. No noise above normal, handles like its in rails and wearing front tyres flat and square! I'm calling it a success lol
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 06 April 2019, 20:34:42 »
Your probably right, it's currently searching for it on mine now lol 
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 06 April 2019, 15:38:23 »
Cool thanks for the figure of failure time frame. Geometry set to 0.The reason I went for sphericals in the rear of the front arm instead of polybushes is I considered the force of flexing polybushes in that axis would be unsustainable for the wishbones as I have seen them snap in other cars before.
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 06 April 2019, 14:56:20 »
I did consider all of this, being a fitter by trade. The noise etc hasn't changed much due to the massive profile of the tyres. The sphericals are sealed maintainance free ptfe units, where in a different application under a lorry they were successfully dealing with over 3000kg of loading a piece. It has been done as an experiment and a close eye will be kept on the wishbones. I will post the results after a while of use. It is now very precise in corners so bonus for now
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General Car Chat / Re: Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 06 April 2019, 13:59:48 »
I am wondering about that, with the front ones polybushed too. Shock loading will be greater but the wishbone is absolutely free to move up and down with little to no resistance. lol
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General Car Chat / Front arm rear bushes replaced with spherical bearings... Works a treat
« on: 06 April 2019, 13:40:09 »
Modification to improve handling.
Tried to post a picture but can't work out how lol.
Tried to post a picture but can't work out how lol.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Halogen & Xenon headlights - are they the same?
« on: 13 October 2009, 21:48:34 »
yep he's right, the levelling comes from front+ rear heights and a jet wash system... pain in the ass, but is possable if your made of money.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: brake pad warning wires
« on: 19 September 2009, 05:31:59 »
if you check the car regularly and are confident you will notice low pads they can be disabled, with a piece of wire, my gsi lived like it for 6 years as i change pads at 3mm. and like getting wheels off.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: LED Headlights
« on: 18 September 2009, 04:51:20 »
led side lights look better if youve got hid's. as the sidelight bulbs look wrong in colour. one of the new out cars has led headlights( its not the audi, they look like an overdone house at christmas). if i had an audi, id drive at night with the lights off 
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Fuel gauge question
« on: 16 August 2009, 05:44:57 »
hi yes my fuel light comes on as part of the test, my emission light doesnt, now investigating.
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Omega General Help / Re: Used car dealer speaking with forked tongue
« on: 12 September 2009, 20:04:06 »
spot on, string em up. if its not what you were told, have em! diolch