ajax spray and wipe?

 

just plain Ajax will clean them good, the older ones tended to rattle a bit so it may pay to re rivet.

powdercoat you dousch!!

i was only messin :)

*update*

 

i noticed the other day that my car was leaning to the left a fair bit.

i knew that the struts were on their way out so i decided today to get some good ones from upi and replace them.

and OMG here's what happened

 

We were down at upi and found some good struts, but do you think that the steering wheel would at least be out of the 'lock' position? no so we spent about half an hour tryin to break it free. we finally got it done and we took them home.

once we had to car on jack stand we proceeded to take off the wheels.

till we found this:

 

 

The nuts were only holding on the front wheels by a few threads. which is VERY dangerous. one of the nuts actually stripped one of the studs. we made a decision that we needed longer studs, which turns out is quite expensive, so ryan helped us out and went back down to upi to get the hubs that we had left behind.

So we replaced both hubs and discs cause mine had a mass lip on them.

We also replaced all brake lines as mine were farked.

The struts went in without any problems but for some reason the left hand side is softer than the right, is there a reason for this?? or is it just my car?

So now my car is sitting on celica wheels for now courtesy of Ryan *hi five*

 

Anyway, its been a long day and i'm pretty pissed that the person who sold me the wheel nuts didnt notice that they wouldnt do the job properly.

oh well.

 

pics!!

 

the rooted left hand side strut

 

new struts!

 

strut fitted

 

OMG IT'S HOVER-ROLLA!!

 

And finally a pic of my car on the celica wheels

 

They will do for now, you will find my old wheels in the for sale thread if your interested

cheers

jason

 

ps. thanks heaps ryan, couldn't have done this all today without your help

The studs were like that because you had those NASTY spacers on them.

The wheels need to be against the hub and there are rings that will make the wheels sit on the hub properly to make it hub centric.

The hub is what holds the wheel balanced and takes the weight.

With the spacers you had the wheel only sat on the studs and put pressure on the nuts.

That and the fact the wheel nuts where only holding onto a couple of threads.

Hopefully you can understand what i have read I'm not that good at explaining things :y:

the spacers were only 3mm

i don't see how they could've effected the stud that badly.

TARAGO WHEELS XD

the spacers were only 3mm

i don't see how they could've effected the stud that badly.

 

That they do especially on the front.

I used to have mags on an ae70 that didnt sit on the hub properly and i went thru 5 studs before i was told the reason.

No worries jase, anytime

the spacers were only 3mm

i don't see how they could've effected the stud that badly.

 

It is because the hub boss the rim sits on is slightly tapered 3mm means its loose.

oh ok

well i've learnt my lesson.

just sellin the wheels that i have and will be buying wheels that bolt straight on without any hassles

yeah those sorta wheels cost $$$$$$$$$

*update*

 

new wheels tomorrow guys :y:

i'll post pics of them when they're on

It is because the hub boss the rim sits on is slightly tapered 3mm means its loose.

 

 

That and the fact the guys at bridgestone gave Jason nuts to suit steel wheels. Even without the spacers the nuts ony woulda been holding about 8mm of stud. Incompitent sales people FTMFLooossee.

new wheels are on the car!!!

got them for $250 with a trade in at a second hand wheel place

 

they look freakin awesome on the car

just need some wheel caps to set them off

 

 

 

 

 

 

they fill out the guards quite nicely i think

but need to lower the front end

what would be the best way of doing it?