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Post by sven360 » 03 Jan 2009 11:48 pm

filthyjohn wrote:^^^ Cool, that's one less 'what if' to worry about. The fronts were 'kingpin' remoulds, bought from a keen amatuer rallyist in wallsend...


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That might explain it,
Touch o' understeer Johnny boy??????

Knew there was a reason I hadn't used 'em :wink:
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Post by filthyjohn » 03 Jan 2009 11:48 pm

Ronnie wrote:Bad luck friend - ice is a bitch for understeer.

Glad it's only your pride that's hurt - at least you'll have a good New Years eve story to tell
Cheers Ronnie, certainly wasn't a boring night. Cold, but not boring.
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Post by kds19 » 03 Jan 2009 11:54 pm

awwww thats crap
i did sort of the samebut i just ruined a wheel
and ever since i have replaced the wheels bearings 5 times and 2 hubs on the same wheel as i hit a curb and bent the spindle
so now i need one of them
ice i a right dirty bitch

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Post by filthyjohn » 03 Jan 2009 11:59 pm

Just lockup. Pumped the brake obviously but it was too late. Weather example:
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Looking at the first pic, maybe I should buy some additional lighting at bargain prices from a local enthusiast.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 04 Jan 2009 12:06 am

To avoid future mishaps man, can you not rig up a quick-release cabin mounted boot release?
Emergency last gasp air-brake or after that, possibly work as an handy escape hatch.
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Post by filthyjohn » 04 Jan 2009 12:13 am

Or an ejector seat. Actually scratch that, inside is a lot safer than jet-propelled through the roof.
The mad thing is, it was fine for about 50 miles of lanes, and I'd consciously slowed down for the A5091, but this particular corner was just loads worse. The villager whose phone I borrowed said it's often a problem.
Still, it's probably because I'm a talentless spacktard.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 04 Jan 2009 12:26 am

Nah man, a spaktard woulndt have got any speed off, and would have hit a lot harder.

And may I add, I find your remark quite offensive.
My girlfriend suffers from spaktardedness actually.

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Post by filthyjohn » 04 Jan 2009 12:41 am

Yes, how narrow-minded of me, I apologise for any offence caused. I should have said 'person of impaired decelleration'.
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Post by sven360 » 04 Jan 2009 01:00 am

filthyjohn wrote:Just lockup. Pumped the brake obviously but it was too late. Weather example:
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Did you ever do the HID conversion???????? :lol:

Got candles with more output than that-come and see the light doctor he'll sort ya out.
Bring cash or I'll send the Lithuanian for ya.
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Post by jtbo » 04 Jan 2009 01:25 am

I can recommend something like this to you:
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Hella FF320 Jumbo HID kit, I have heard that FF200 + HID would be better and lot smaller.

Also santa clearly forgot set of these at Christmas ;)
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They work quite well:
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Post by Ronnie » 04 Jan 2009 01:47 am

jtbo wrote:I can recommend something like this to you:
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WANT

I'm commuting from the highlands to Edinburgh, Perth, stupid places like that, 300 round trips through a dark frozen wilderness - the car is caked in salt but still going strong. They grit like maniacs up here, but still getting plenty of wheel spin on the gradients. I'm thinking of covering the front end with some massive rally spec spots - but those HID's would be fun too.
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Post by sven360 » 04 Jan 2009 01:57 am

You're in Luck Ronnie they're on special at the mo

http://www.adv4x4.com/hehli.html


KC's for this tramp :cry:
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Post by jtbo » 04 Jan 2009 02:03 am

FF320 is not exactly small ;)
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I know wilderness as I need to travel such places in my line of work too, sometimes I even try to take shortcuts :lol:
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Experience has taught me that 1. thing you need is tires that are maximum grip available and 2. lights need to be something that bends legal terms a bit so that you can actually see something.

I just remembered that you are not allowed to have really good winter tyres in there, don't know if they even sell Continental Viking Contact 5, which is pretty good possible legal tyre there, these Nordic tyres are lot softer than central european versions which your shops probably stock, these are almost impossible to use at summer.
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Post by jtbo » 04 Jan 2009 02:06 am

sven360 wrote:You're in Luck Ronnie they're on special at the mo

http://www.adv4x4.com/hehli.html


KC's for this tramp :cry:
You can get same light with less money, if you are bit clever. Buy halogen version of Hella FF320 and buy one H7 Xenon conversion kit and you have same light, halogen lamp actually has all same stamps as HID version :wink:
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Post by Chris_C » 04 Jan 2009 11:44 am

Now I see why you are selling up all the other lights Sven... Gonna still need a mortgage for the daylighters!

Ronnie... whether you like the looks or not, this is where the Hella grills come into their own, you don't need to drill bumper and bonnet (you'll want stays).
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