Hyundai Excel Koni reds are what I used previously. Not externally adjustable but not to big of a hassle to undo the bolt to adjust.
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Ah alright sweet as manā¦ Yeah I had koni mk2ās in my 180 at the end with eibach springs and it was brilliant, so I assume Iāll try and go down that route againā¦ Cheers though manā¦
So a tiny update,
I took apart the callipers since Iām going to rebuild them and when I finally got thrm apart I noticed that they had QFM pads in them, in the past I have used A1RMs in the 180 when I didnāt feel like paying 350 bucks for the project muās, and they were very goodā¦
So after a quick call to QFM I decided to order some custom pads, which are ultimately A1RMs but custom made to fit into the callipers I have hereā¦ I was ready to pay 200 bucks for a set since it was still going to be cheaper than the Winmax through yahoo Japan and you canāt have too many sets of brake pads, and for some obscure reason with my awesome cost price deal cause Iām a legend it came out to 120 bucks a setā¦ That is CHEAPER than I paid for my off the shelf A1RMs for my 180 years ago. So being the legend I am I ordered two setsā¦ And depending on how long everything takes to get here Iāll try both thr Winmax and the qfms to see which ones I like bestā¦
You can also see there that whoever painted the callipers last time also painted the back of the brake pad, so this pretty funny. The plan is to rebuild those callipers since Iāve done it before and clean them up and paint themā¦
I also made sure the clutch was installed straight, as the universal alignment tool I have seemed dodgyā¦ First time I was all concerned that r wasnāt straightā¦ So I pulled it off and redid it, and it looks to be straight as an arrow nowā¦
I also made a trip to the local Toyota dealer where my mum works to se if they could source me a replacement o ring for he fuel cradle, because this one is fuckedā¦
Facebook says that the M100 cradle o ring is the same so I ordered one of those, 10 bucks with my mums staff discount thingā¦
Alright thatās it for now, Iāll be picking up the rebuild kit for the callipers tomorrow and will get that done whilst I wait for the LCAās to come and the brake padsā¦ I havenāt settled on rotors yet. I noticed they donāt make t3 rotors in the size I want so I might have to gey some othet slotted ones, Iāll cross that bridge when i come to itā¦
Drive safe guys!
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Mini updateā¦ Apparently they only had one calliper rebuild kit in Australia for some reason so I jumped online and ordered a kit from the UK, 35 pounds or something so not too badā¦ In the meantime I thought Iād finish pulling callipers apart and repaint them so they arenāt that horrible half redā¦
I started by popping the pistons out to check for scores, remarkably they are in pretty good shape so no need to replace them for now. Decided to give them a clean since there was heaps of shit on them.
As you can see the left one is cleaned and the right one isnāt, so a noticeable difference thereā¦ I also tried cleaning up the calipers with some brake cleaner and then degreaser and although it got lots of the shit off, itās still not flawlessā¦ I think Iāll hit it with some heavier sruff when I get the chanceā¦
The grey colour isnāt dirt itās where the old shitty red paint has come off, so once I get it cleaned properly Iāll paint them up and get them ready for the rebuild kit
Other than that not much happened, got the rear hubs redrilled to 4x100 and got thone back, awesome job and only cost me 100 bucks for the pair so canāt argue with thatā¦ I donāt have a photo of that yet but once I take one Iāll upload itā¦
Also because the bmc and booster was so fucked I was on the hunt for a replacement, a guy in Perth who was wrecking an L200 offered me some them for cheap as chips so I jumped on those. They should be here next week so I can start looking at what Iām going to do in regards to custom linesā¦
Thatās it for now peepsā¦ Peace!
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If doing custom lines then get rid of the silly cross over brake block and bias valve. I run a single line to the rear through a tilton bias valve and then to a hydor handbrake.
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Yeah 100% going to do thatā¦ Had a bias valve in the 180 and it was one of the best investments I madeā¦
Alright so just a tiny update. Got the heat gun sorted and gave the wrapping another try. And holy shit thr heatgun Is the keyā¦
No heat gun - check out how shitty the corners are
And with the heat gun - check how awesome the corners areā¦
So yeah, no other real updatesā¦ Waiting for my plethora of parts to arrive in the mail, have been soaking the fuel tank in white vinegar the lay few days so once Iām happy with how clean it is Iāll reinstall the pump and cradle and bolt it all back upā¦
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Got a 98 Sirion stored at my local wreckers that Iām using to rebuild my 2001 Sirion hoping to have it going soon , the motor & gearbox are still in it ,the head has been removed but is in the back of the car no idea of itās overall condition but if you email me at snakemann5533@gmail with a list of bits I will check them out & take pics if you want. Going out there soon so let me know.
Cheers man, I think Iām actually good right nowā¦ Just waiting on the mail now hahaha
no worries if at anytime you need something give me a shout my local dismantler is a good friend & keeps an eye out for hard to get bits .
I suppose a read disc setup from an applause would be awesome but I assume they are rare to find. Thanks anyways bra, Iāll definitely keep you in mindā¦
Alright you dogs, so noting has really happened lately as Iāve been waiting for shit to arrive in he mailā¦
And it came!
Calipers rebuild kit
The L700 LCAās
The rda slotted rotors
So yeah work csn be done nowā¦ Will rebuild the calipers tomorrow, then mount those and rotors to the hub, bash out the L200 lca and install the L700 one and then mount the hubs with brakes and shit doneā¦
Then I can stick the wheels I have on and roll the car into the yard so I can give the engine bay a proper clean with the pressure sprayer and get it ready for the engine to go inā¦
Hereās some photos of the 15s I got just to roll the car around onā¦ It touches the inner wheel well and pokes out about an inch, so obviously 205s on a 15x6.5 wheel with +35 offset would only work with flares and extensive wheel well bashingā¦ The car looka funny with that much rubber on it thoughā¦
And the wrapping practice is finished I think, I redid the fuel lid and the corners were perfect, so it looks like itās time to get the super secret colour out and get it happeningā¦ The carbon looks pretty good but I dont think Iāll leave it, Iām not a huge fan of having fake carbon stuff on my car hahahaha
Also I ordered my turbo, got a td04-13t coming with a billet wheel so boost shouldnāt be too late coming onā¦
And off topic I ordered some custom shoes like six months ago because Iām a shoe whore and a wheel whore, they are super prettyā¦
And also I got ruby a new bed cause she was being a grub and kept kicking my other dog out of her bedā¦ Super cute.
Pics galore! Alright peace guysā¦
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Wow, brand new L700 control arms! If you think 205/50/15s are tight on the front, then just wait till you attempt to put then on the front. I guess youāve seen the work on mine to get 15x7s to fit on the rear. Iām part way through getting them on the front.
Hahaha yeah the brand new control arms are super pretty. and yeah seeing those 205s on the back doesnāt give me hopes for the front, looks like 185s are going to be the way to go for thr AR1sā¦ ah well, I donāt need to be able to steer much with these tyres on, just so I csn roll the car aroundā¦
Where did you source the L700 lca? What price?
Hey dudeā¦ So the control arms were a fuck around but I speak very basic German so I was able to get around it with Google translate and my high school memory that wasnāt affected by marijuanaā¦
So thsts the website. If you go there using a desktop you can have the browser auto translate the page, search ācuoreā in the search box at the top and go from thereā¦
It ended up being about 135 bucks delivered or some shit, let me know if you have issues I have no problem doing it again for yaā¦
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Alrighty, a fairly mixed bag of updates here, but here we goā¦
So since my caliper rebuild kit came I decided to do thoseā¦ Stripped them down, repainted them red, and re assembled with the kitā¦ No real issues other than getting the piston boot ring to slot back into place, apparently there isnāt a trick and it just takes patience, eventually I got it done.
And the finished productā¦
AlriAlright next was the coilovers cameā¦ Now Iām usually not a fan of cheap coilovers but it was a cheaper option to get the car running whilst I do my proper homework to sort out how i want to go about itā¦
But if youāre following along on facey you will know that for some stepid reason I measured the hole distance for the uprights and thought they were the same L700 and L200 and they are notā¦ So my L200 coilovers were not a straight bolt up to the L700 hubsā¦
Thrn a lovely man @FortisD suggested I just drill the holes out since It was only off by about 4mm so I whipped the Dremel out and away I went.
So one side is now completed even though I didnāt take a photo of it done, but I ran out of time so tomorrow it will have to beā¦
The other thing I did today was completely mount the brakes on the hubs with thr new rotors, personally I love the look of new brakes so here they areā¦
Also I installed the new LCAās, I attached a pic of them next to the old ones for a later comparison for everyone to useā¦
A few interesting things to notice here, mostly that the length difference is negligible, but more so to me that the L700 has a slight curve in it. As well as the ball joint angle is different on the L700 lcaā¦ The swaybar hooked up perfectly though and the knuckle went onto the ball joint easily so itās all going wellā¦
But the biggest news of allā¦
I hate my dailyā¦ Itās a 2004 spec b liberty, but Iām a Nissan boy and I hate this Subaruā¦ Itās a perfectly fine car, but ita boring as shitā¦ So I decided that Iām gonna buy a cheap daily and then sell the liberty and find a 4 door r34ā¦
So the cheap daily I purchased today, isā¦
A 1998 Sirion! With only 81 thousand ks, car is in awesome condition except for the paint on the bonnet thay is faded, but the engine bay and interior is all clean as fuckā¦ $400 as is, but I sussed the car out and gave it a run around thr block and the only issue I could see is the aircon needs to be regassedā¦
So yeah, mixed bag of news, the sirion is getting dropped off tomorrow so I cam get you guys some pictures thenā¦
Once the other coilover is finished I can mount all that shit properly and get wheels on it and roll it into the yard so I can pressure wash the engine bay then engine can go inā¦
Drive safe peeps!
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some good progress all round there mate 
Seeing that you dremel that hole probably you should purchase camber bolts
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Yeps camber bolts already purchasedā¦ When they get here Iāll get them straight inā¦
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