My Ke70 and the road to 4age goodness! :D - Page 2 - Drifting forum

rallyman1978 · 22-01-2007, 17:48

Looking uber cool Adam

jap-si · 22-01-2007, 18:02

looking good mate. can't wait to see it finished.

tetsujin · 22-01-2007, 18:07

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Originally Posted by eight-six

Very,Very sweet! Good work

What paint did you use on the underside?

I sooo need a workshop!

Just a 'stone chip paint' approx £8 a tin (1L per tin)

I will find out the exact brand 2moro when I go back to my workshop.

Its good stuff, but there is about 6 litres on the car there as I dont want rust etc creeping back!

Dries hard and matt/satin and is like a rought sandpaper finish.

caged · 22-01-2007, 18:13

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Originally Posted by tetsujin

coil bound?! well are ya?!

thats the worst example iv ever seen!

tetsujin · 22-01-2007, 18:14

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Originally Posted by caged

coil bound?! well are ya?!

thats the worst example iv ever seen!

I dont get it??

Whats coil bound??

caged · 22-01-2007, 18:18

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Originally Posted by tetsujin

I dont get it??

Whats coil bound??

when the coils are so closely compressed (touching) is when they become "coil-bound" (i.e. touch each other and effectively reduce the number of active coils ) and so the rate of the spring rises.

if completely coil bound then = no suspension, not so good at high speed. shock wont work, suspension wont be working, nadda. if only for a few secs. it is avoidable in many ways but u dont wanna be starting off 60% there lol

BUT if ur changing / modding the springs then i wouldnt lose sleep over it

AEsuperG · 22-01-2007, 18:19

nice adam. looks like you have quite some time to give those arches. it took me a whole day on each. expect that or more. find reference points on the body to match the flare. being that the body is straight

have fun!!

tetsujin · 22-01-2007, 18:21

ahh.

I see.

Yeah, its a weird on that as when they are off the car they look like that aswell!

but I have another set of ae86 rear springs and they are different! So I just thought they where special!

Worked ok on the ae86 they came of but they where hard like.

Bu I think I want some different ones anyway, I just will use these for 'rolling round shed' duties!

tetsujin · 22-01-2007, 18:23

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Originally Posted by AEsuperG

nice adam. looks like you have quite some time to give those arches. it took me a whole day on each. expect that or more. find reference points on the body to match the flare. being that the body is straight

have fun!!

Really, a day each!!!

I might need you help here dude!

I I want to replace these 8j with 8.5 in the future and move these up front and move on those old 7j's of your.

Will it really be such a big job to flare them out?? I will be re-painting too.

caged · 22-01-2007, 18:24

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Originally Posted by tetsujin

ahh.

Worked ok on the ae86 they came of but they where hard like.

theres ur answer lol

AEsuperG · 22-01-2007, 18:38

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Originally Posted by tetsujin

Really, a day each!!!

I might need you help here dude!

I I want to replace these 8j with 8.5 in the future and move these up front and move on those old 7j's of your.

Will it really be such a big job to flare them out?? I will be re-painting too.

the day consisted of:

-take out old rubbish inner arch molding, fling as far as you can without getting rocks in your face
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line up the arch with thumb
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-

repeat
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-then apply filler
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-sand
-fill in air bubbles
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-sand
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eye the arch for smoothness
-prime
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whole day spent

its better to devote more time to them to get them perfect. i still need to work on mine more. as the rear are rotten and need a good grind.

cranky · 22-01-2007, 18:46

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Originally Posted by tetsujin

Please if you can dude!

i will be yours forever if you can!

I've uploaded them to google video but apparantly the processing can take a couple of days

So i've stuck them in a rar file here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N4AVF09W

Ian.G · 22-01-2007, 18:48

Nice work Adam,

good to see progress being made.

Black Betty · 22-01-2007, 20:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by caged

coil bound?! well are ya?!

thats the worst example iv ever seen!

Dude, that is not coil bound

Even though they look that way.

They are actually made like that! Its so that you get the lowered ride height, but still have a long enough spring, so it doesnt pop out of its seat when going over yumps in the road etc!

Or were you being sarcastic

Nice work Cookie, glad to see a certain AE86 is coming apart for a good cause

Whats the floor like under the fuel tank mate? Is that small funny dent in the spare wheel well, linked to the hole in the fuel tank you reakon?

Oh and what does the rusty bit look like with the tank out, any worse? haha

What are you doing about the hydraulic clutch then? Cutting the bulk head and fitting the 86 master cylinder, and playing around with the pedal box a little?

caged · 22-01-2007, 20:27

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Originally Posted by Black Betty

They are actually made like that!

are u kidding me? they are made with the 7 top coils touchin each other? that makes no sense as that is effectively NOT a spring. why just have proper springs and matched suspension components so nothing "jumps" out on droop
?

never seen it like that before

very odd

but then it is jap

jap-si · 22-01-2007, 20:31

my starlet springs were like that. i cut most of them off

Black Betty · 22-01-2007, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by caged

are u kidding me? they are made with the 7 top coils touchin each other? that makes no sense as that is effectively NOT a spring. why just have proper springs and matched suspension components so nothing "jumps" out on droop
?

never seen it like that before

very odd

but then it is jap

Yeah im being serious haha

I know man, it defies logic and its fricked up, but alot of modern day lowering springs are like that!

I had some on my AE86 when i first lowered it on Bilsteins and Fensport springs, believe it or not it handled really well haha

There you go, AE86 Fensport lowering springs! The bottom part then becomes coil bound as such once the car is sat on its wheels!

caged · 22-01-2007, 20:52

well spank me and call me gemma

what a crappy idea but if it works for u it works for u lol

Black Betty · 22-01-2007, 20:54

Haha

It worked for me as a daily driver when i was 18/19 years old, but as soon as anything else was required with the car, coilovers she went!

caged · 22-01-2007, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Black Betty

Haha

It worked for me as a daily driver when i was 18/19 years old, but as soon as anything else was required with the car, coilovers she went!

ur back on my xmas card list

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22-01-2007, 17:48	#21 (permalink)
rallyman1978 hachiroku Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Worcester Posts: 922	Looking uber cool Adam

22-01-2007, 18:02	#22 (permalink)
jap-si from K1 to P1 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somerset Posts: 4,938	looking good mate. can't wait to see it finished.

22-01-2007, 18:19	#27 (permalink)
AEsuperG dorifto kingu! Join Date: May 2006 Location: suffolk?? Posts: 513	nice adam. looks like you have quite some time to give those arches. it took me a whole day on each. expect that or more. find reference points on the body to match the flare. being that the body is straight have fun!!

22-01-2007, 18:21	#28 (permalink)
tetsujin * one-way rachet man * Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North West England Posts: 3,031	ahh. I see. Yeah, its a weird on that as when they are off the car they look like that aswell! but I have another set of ae86 rear springs and they are different! So I just thought they where special! Worked ok on the ae86 they came of but they where hard like. Bu I think I want some different ones anyway, I just will use these for 'rolling round shed' duties!

22-01-2007, 18:48	#33 (permalink)
Ian.G 86 ColdTurkey Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Derby UK - Land of road legal race cars Posts: 1,889	Nice work Adam, good to see progress being made.

22-01-2007, 20:31	#36 (permalink)
jap-si from K1 to P1 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somerset Posts: 4,938	my starlet springs were like that. i cut most of them off

22-01-2007, 20:52	#38 (permalink)
caged Whoop Whoop Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: banbury, UK Posts: 1,159	well spank me and call me gemma what a crappy idea but if it works for u it works for u lol

22-01-2007, 20:54	#39 (permalink)
Black Betty Bamalam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 3,383	Haha It worked for me as a daily driver when i was 18/19 years old, but as soon as anything else was required with the car, coilovers she went!