Front Suspension Protection

[Jon Green]

Hi guys,

 

Can someone tell me if i've missed protecting anything thats not exempt! SVA in 4 days!

 

Cheers,

 

Jon

[Guest racman]

Hi

I would say you need to cover the locking nuts on the coilover and on the top ball joint.

 

HTH

 

Good LUCK.

 

Jeff

[Jon Bradbury]

You need to extend your indicators so they are less than 400mm from the outer body line (on a Hood it's the rear wing edge).

[Jon Bradbury]

Oh, look out for the bottom L-shaped brackets on the cycle wing support (the bit the pinch bolt goes through). Cover that edge too. Remember the test is only from the front, the inspector will put his 100mm sphere in from the front, looking for those dastardly projections. You should blunt the edges of the sleeves on the cycle wing support, or cover them too. Make sure any zip ties you use to secure covers have the locking part (with its sharp little tag where you cut off the excess) pointing to the rear of the car.

 

Good luck

 

JonB

[Jon Bradbury]

You might fail on the bolts that you are using to keep the cycle wings attached to the bracket. A blob of translucent silicone just to be sure, or swap them for normal bolts and fit Tifosi covers (that's what I did).

[Jon Green]

do the track rod ends need any attention as well?

[Jon Bradbury]

I can't see the bloody things! Give us a close up!

[Jon Bradbury]

I see you've used a flexible hose to cover the track rod.

 

On close examination of your picture it appears that the square bit of the track rod end is exposed (that's the bit you turn it with). You may fail on this, depends on the examiner. Best fit a longer piece of hose.

 

Actually I'd recommend using pond hose from B&Q. It fits perfectly and is slightly soft. It's all over my cycle wing bracket and suspension. I used it to cover the nut on the top joint as well as the track rod. And it looks pretty good. B&Q sell this wonderful stuff for £8.00 per 3 metre length.

[Snapperpaul]

What have people used on the series 3 to cover the big nut and plate that joins the anti roll bar to the track arm, i have seen half a tennis ball stuck over it, but it looked bad.

[Guest Petemate]

Hi Snapperpaul

In the past I've seen pics of the bottoms of the coilovers covered with - wait for it - tyres from remote controlled cars, you know the large soft treaded ones. Does the job good.

HTH

Petemate

[Jon Green]

Cheers all!

 

Tonight is my last evening of preparation before the big day so it could be a late one. At least I shouldn't fail on sharp edges on the front suspension now!

 

I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Jon