Ella - The 1985 Mexican Bandit

Rear valance fitted up, door handles ( original chrome ones that came with car were stripped powder coated Black, also got different barrels and keys for them so i have a separate key for the doors) , started to wax oil throughout in as many places as possible, seat belts etc fitted for MOT, need to make a bush to slip over the bolt for one of the seats,

pics later

Nice work Mart, your car kicks ass

it looks better in the pics tbh than in real life

This is RUDE!

CSP bumper iron been powder-coated gloss black then fitted up with the bumper


electric window motor and mechanism in drivers door

are they the wolf window mechs, if so they are really good had some in my type 3.

andy

ye wolf ones buddy, they are the only the thing that have fitted on the car so properly

took the beam of the other day for a measure up as got a problem at the front with one wheel sticking out more than the other, will re assemble and me sure all to find out whats wrong ,




might weld up another seat subframe tonight to

discs should be back from engineering shop soon to , i remembered this time to get the cross drilling sided for the discs lol

fitted the engine lid , light cover and lock refitted beam still dunoo whats up on front end ,

filled the doors with waxoil in every nook and cranny, 2 400ml cans in each door

Show us what's wrong with the front end man.

the front right wheel sticks out more than the left bout 1 cm or 2

gotta reassemble the front tommoz, got no wheels at mo so hard to show the problem

Is your beam narrowed??

standard beam, poly bushed ends, red 9 design coilover kit in it, got a choice of std or cb dropped disc spindles, long travel ball joints,

Both wheels are the same aren't they??

i had the wheel prob on all 3 of the bugs ive owned, some said it was down to after market wings, other's said the wheels, im sure mine was down to drop spindles

Good luck trying to suss it

Mr Scoops wrote:

Show us what's wrong with the front end man.

was same on duie when i first got him

The drivers wheel was in the wing, this was the passenger side



i changed tyres and wings but still always had the passenger side out slightly further than drivers.

Im sure my prob ended up being something to do with the drop spindles, when i chaged them the prob went away

problem occurs with both dropped and std spindles :/ i know dropped spindles push the track out both sides, wings are csp widened ones , im pretty sure the wings are ok there quite hard to measure in the Same points on both,

i have eccentric camber adjusters too

ye wheels are same , had the problems with the ats ones on and the porka's :C

once the front end is sorted i got bout 2-3 weeks work then Mot time

chose the rear tyres just gotta order them up ,

That stretch looks a bit gash...

If you are still struggling to measure your wings/wheels/beam, you could try chalking it out on your garage floor, it's a bit primative, but a plumb line from each edge will get you an accurate idea of where each edge is. If string and chalk suited Brunel, you'll work it out!

Ignore him, his heads in the clouds.
That stretch looks just right IMHO.