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[- Danny Boy -]

Well this just happened...





Funny story actually! Basically there was a load of annoying little flies on the windscreen while I was sitting on the inside of the car... I banged it to get them off aaaaaaaaaaand thats when it cracked.

Although you can't see it, it goes all the way down to the wiper too.

I'm mega pissed off at the moment.

[jonyb4]

f**k me, remind me not to get in a scrap with you, i might loose my face!

dont forget, like i said on FB no mk3 screen was green tinted so any screen will do, unless its heated

[Tweek]

Been eating spinach or something Danny? Bad times though

More importantly, did the fly survive?

[- Danny Boy -]

f**k me, remind me not to get in a scrap with you, i might loose my face!

dont forget, like i said on FB no mk3 screen was green tinted so any screen will do, unless its heated

I'm pretty sure mine has a slight green tint to it, I can see it in the cracks in the glass when the sun gets on it... I will take a closer inspection though.

Been eating spinach or something Danny? Bad times though

More importantly, did the fly survive?

Something like that yeah Nah I clearly don't know my own strengh it seems lol. Sure is bad times! I'll get it sorted sooner or later though.

And yes, it did survice, the baxtered!

[jonyb4]

shouldnt, probably natural glass colour perhaps

always remember looking at the A pillar, and the difference between the door glass and windscreen is quite obvious

[Excursion]

There are green tint screens. The non tint version is much rarer as was only fitted to the Popular, Popular Plus, 'L' etc.

Danny I have a near enough brand new green tint screen and rubber you can have, but you're miles from me sadly.

[- Danny Boy -]

Why does everyone have to live so far away

[jonyb4]

well the tint % is far faaar less than that of the side windows, without a doubt

[Michael!]

just a "tap" yeah?

jesus thats made me chuckle, sorry mate :*(

[jonyb4]

Not like he come home one day and smashed it.himself.. eh mike?

[Michael!]

i didn't punch mine, it was a paint can

[hb69]

Shame that, as iirc that screen had the reg etched on it

[- Danny Boy -]

Yeah just a tap I'm the hulk

Shame that, as iirc that screen had the reg etched on it

Yep it sure does! Thats one thing that has annoyed me - being an original windscreen and all that - same with all the other windows apart from the popouts, but I still have the original number plate etched windows in the garage.

It's getting replaced with a heated screen so I guess thats a bonus!

[jonyb4]

nice, trust me it is a bonus

[- Danny Boy -]

Soooooooo, as you may have seen the windscreen lost a battle with myself

I went to Southampton to get another one as it was the closest one I could lay my hands on, plus, it's heated which is always a bonus! It came with the loom and what not too, but its from a mk3, which means I need to either get a mk3.5 loom or chop into the loom somewhere else and wire it in. For now I have left it so I dont piss anything else up just before ford fair

Anyway, this is the screen. It came with a boy racer sun strip - which was on there because it was a track car project.



Then I had to remove the old one. That was fudgekin hilarous! As I was breaking the seal nice and gently with a screwdriver it decided to crack on the other corner

Started with the one original crack...



And then it cracked on the other corner...



Aaaand then it ended up like this ....




Side by side:



No windscreen oooo...



Then I laid the new screen on to see what it would look like with the sun strip...



Then fitted it and removed the sun strip:







Made a random video of the cracks getting bigger and bigger while breaking the seal too

The reference about getting a professional to do it was about if you wanted to put the screen back in, because how people manage not to break it is a mystery after my attempt of removing it

[Excursion]

It's not that hard

[rsturbonutter]

As Excursion said its not difficult you just got to take your time and not use a screwdriver. Start in the midddle at the top and gently prize the seal and tuck it outside TAKING YOUR TIME. I used a butter knife and bent the end of it and just slid it along the seal

[- Danny Boy -]

Oh well, it was ruined anyway

[Dave5300]

just need to wire it up now mate

[- Danny Boy -]

Indeed. I'll do it next week at some point when I have more time

[jonyb4]

wish i never watched that...


i watched as the autoglass guy used his size 11 on my old screen, soon shattered and popped out, thankfully he used lesser methods on my new ones going in

[- Danny Boy -]

Getting screens in takes about 2mins at the max, all you need is string

[jonyb4]

yea looked too fiddly for me

then id have a car with a massive hope in the front ha

[- Danny Boy -]

Long time no update! Nothing much has happened over the last few months, its been washed numerious times...



Had random instagram style pics:



Aaaaaand the splitter got ripped off:





Random picture of its bum:



Random pano picture of the inside:




Anyway, moving on to the main update of today...

Right.. as per new title, I have 1x f**cked coilover! Yay...

Today was going smoothly... Whipped off the gearbox cradle to change the gearbox mounts and also did a general check under the car cleaning it of any dirt ect.

Then I moved onto lubing up a squeeky poly bush on the suspension top mount. Off it came with no problem at all as you can imagine, then upon doing up the strut top bolt, it went snap! The whole thread has snapped off from the coilover. Totally f**ked off to say the least.

Literally cannot be bothered with the car at the moment, it can stay in the garage for as long as I care.

But... I might possibly have a plan. I will see how well it works but I can't guarantee anything... The plan is to somehow weld the thread back on, either with mig or tig. I will examine it all once it's been completely stripped down to see if it is possible without causing any other problems.

The one problem I will have unless I can find a way around it, is that I will have no damping adjustment on the drivers side because the dampening screw snapped off when it went pingggggggggggg.

Pictures - combination of phone and camera:







So yeah, that's f**cked.

Only upside is, it now has some mega stance and insane camber!

This was resting on the jack after a quick stip down of some components:

[- Danny Boy -]

This was the moment I heard it snap and I thought I would give it a wiggle.

[Excursion]

Oh no I'm not sure how you could safely repair that.

[- Danny Boy -]

Neither am I to be completely honest, Mark. I will have to see what can be done when it is all stripped down and in my hands tomorrow or whenever I get around to doing it. Hopefully something can be done for now as a temporary fix, then I will just have to save up for a new unit. I think they are about £100, not sure if that is including or excluding VAT, I imagine excluding.

[Excursion]

Neither am I to be completely honest, Mark. I will have to see what can be done when it is all stripped down and in my hands tomorrow or whenever I get around to doing it. Hopefully something can be done for now as a temporary fix, then I will just have to save up for a new unit. I think they are about £100, not sure if that is including or excluding VAT, I imagine excluding.

I wonder if the manufacturer will rebuild yours for a bit less than that? I bet they'd want £100ish though, so back to a new damper - worth a shot, though.

[- Danny Boy -]

I will give the guys at AVO a quick email or phone call tomorrow to see what the price would be for a rebuild. I know the rears can be rebuilt for as little as £30 each - well that cost is for the replacement of the damper adjustment knobs, so perhaps the front might be around the same price, if not too much more. Either way, I will enquire tomorrow and send them a few pictures to give them an idea of what has happened.

[jayrs]

oh crap, thats not good mate lucky it didnt break while driving though.

last time i sent some avos for a rebuild, the fronts were about £50, although thats going to require a complete new piston so it might not be cost effective for a repair, but give them a bell, it might be within the std repair cost?

car looks good in the first pics though mate

[andymac]

TBH I'd be viewing that as a defect. Valves sticking and knobs breaking - fine, that's expexted. But that type of damage calls into question the design and materials used imo.

[- Danny Boy -]

Jay - Cheers! Hopefully a rebuild price will be around that cost, I will see tomorrow!

Andy - I will see what AVO say tomorrow. I personally would think it's a defect too, I mean, it's not like you are putting mega stresses or force on it doing up the top night. If I was gunning it on or something then fair enough, but with a ratchet doing it hand tight and then nipping it up before it snapping... something isn't quite right. As said, I will see what AVO say about it tomorrow!

[Tweek]

First the windscreen, now snapping a strut top, are you Hercules?

[russ-RST]

First the windscreen, now snapping a strut top, are you Hercules?

as always man I LOVE this car so cool! I love the colour an subtle smooth looks to it always makes me want my old escort wheels back lol be nice if you could keep it that low unfortunately wheels have to turn and go round

keep it up as always, and if you get stuck iv got a pair of hardly used mk3.5 front Gmax shocks And 60mm springs if u can't get anywhere with the coil over
russ

[Rs Adz]

gutted to see your run of bad look i think we have all been there at some point hope avo do get it sorted for you good luck mate