Panda (Classic) John Dragon Man's 4x4 Sisley

[kolza]

as far as i can see nothing is bent.. the CV boots have all been fiat ones.

i am looking to get new dampeners for the front, and also will be adding the Felicia springs. this means that i will have to alter the camber.. while i am doing that i think i will drill the holes out a bit and make it so the gap will be bigger.

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Are you not putting to much grease inside or is the grease correct grade? Just asking.

I've got 2 Delphi front shocks with low mileage on then for sale, if interested. Adjustable camber bolts as well.

The best way to gain some clearance there would be to grinding of the material/sleeve round the shock tube to create sort of chamfer there.

 

[Dragon Man]

when i had it all apart there was a washer/spacer and when the axle nut is torqued up it does sit level with the end of the shaft.. same as fallouts. the grease i am using is the stuff i get come with the CV boot. i always clear the old grease out before putting the new stuff in.

i think mr andypanda4x4 is going to help me out with some new struts. while i am at it i think i am going to replace the bottom arm too as the bushes are quite cracked but still dont have any movement in them.

i am also pretty sure my tracking is off too.. it has started to pull to one side.. i have noticed it getting worse over the years but nothing seems "loose".. all the ball joints move free and have no play.

i really need to get some spigot rings for the weller wheels.. the vibration at 60-70 is that bad.. it never used to do it.. its a recent thing its started to do. i have even swapped my wheels around to try to fix it but the rear ones are worse when on the front :/
i am thinking of using Fallouts wheels on talon to see if that changes anything.
just wish fallouts rims looked better for talon haha

 

[Bartpanda]

i really need to get some spigot rings for the weller wheels

Wheels are centered mostly with bolt cones, not with the spigot rings{ well, at least fiat familly wheels, but there are other systems,not only cones but flats, half-globes,floating washers etc} spigot rings only help to pre-locate the wheel, but when the wheel and hub are both 4x98 cones do the centering job.Some original fiat alloys and steelies do not have 58.1mm "locating holes" and are in 100% centered by the bolt cones. Different story when you have 4x100 rims and floating bolts on 4x98 hubs, then you must have spigot rings imho.

Maby you have lost some ballance weights?

 

[Dragon Man]

maybe i did on the 4x4 day..

 

[Dragon Man]

got myself some skoda Felicia estate rear springs..

i just dont know which car should have them.. talon or fallout... i think talon for now.
would be nice with new front dampeners too.

i actually could get myself another set as theres another skoda Felicia in the scrap yard. i can use talon as my test car.

this day 2 years ago i was working on fallout.. when i got the news about my dad. still miss him. time heals nothing.

 

[kolza]

got myself some skoda Felicia estate rear springs...

Springs from estate car will be too stiff making the ride horrible ( source: Bartpanda)

 

[Dragon Man]

with the weight of my bull bars?! they are about 30kg.. a good 2 man lift to get them into place and another man to put the bolts in.

 

[Dragon Man]

have some nice LED side lights now. the old bulbs had gone rusty in the holders.





i had to take the headlamp out, put the bulb inside the headlamp and get it so the base of the bulb sits through the hole then wedge it in place and put the base cap on

 

[panda panda]

have some nice LED side lights now. the old bulbs had gone rusty in the holders.





i had to take the headlamp out, put the bulb inside the headlamp and get it so the base of the bulb sits through the hole then wedge it in place and put the base cap on

Yeah. I always thought that Talon could do with brighter and if possible more lights

 

[Dragon Man]

Another day, another CV boot. this time hammering was involved to the bottom of the strut.. and yeah it has dented it in quite a bit. (i really did not want to grind any off it)
rage strength worked well and now the CV boot is not close to the strut bottom

there was still loads of grease inside the CV joint so i did not add any extra. the hole was only a pin hole so nothing got into the joint



just a cheap universal boot sadly, however!!!!

i did find out that a Nissan Micra (2004) outter CV boot fits the panda perfectly! and is WAY WAY lower profile than a proper panda CV boot. the only reason why i did not use the boot was because it was an old one from a nissan micra gearbox change i did on a friends car.
if this cheap boot rubs, it will be the boot i will use as a replacement.

i never took any pictures of it fitted Ahhhh but i did fit it and you have my word that it fits snug with no gaps :slayer:

i have a panda CV cup somewhere.. ill stick it on that and show you guys.

 

[Dragon Man]

ahh so, i have taken a picture of the 02 plate Micra CV boot fits on the panda CV cup. as you can see, it is much much more lower profile than the standard CV boot.. oh damn its not standard.. best tell my insurance...








and here is the CV boot on Talon, about 130 miles later:





looks all good with no signs of rubbing!

 

[Dragon Man]

i dont think Talon has enough light output..



see.. just not enough..

so, you see where the top 2 small lights are (fog lights, which is what they actually are), i am planning on removing them and putting them elsewhere, maybe on the outer side of the bar that the 2 bottom spot lights are attached to..



that would make a nice large gap..
a gap that will be a perfect size for.. well to put it lightly, a 23 inch LED light bar.
the bar consists of 48, 5 watt LED chips giving the bar a grand total of 240 watts (say 230, as i will under drive it for longer life)

here is the link to the light bar i bought:
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/7132016263.html?orderId=71179836032986

all this hype on LED spot/flood bars.. well i guess it was time to "shed some light" on the subject and actually try one of these things out..

 

[Bartpanda]

:nutter::nutter::nutter::nutter::nutter::nutter:Talon reminds now some australian road trains

 

[firstcar-Y10]

You're such an idiot!....
..Look forward to seeing it

 

[nitro_warrior]

Just going to leave this video lying around here...

 

[Dragon Man]

if i swapped all of the 55 watt halogens for 85 watt HID's i would be at about 750 odd watts...
should i make 1Kw light output a challenge?:idea::devil:

 

[panda panda]

I'll have to bring the orange one over again, it's got loads of lights but only 1 of them actually works!

 

[AndyRKett]

if i swapped all of the 55 watt halogens for 85 watt HID's i would be at about 750 odd watts...

should i make 1Kw light output a challenge?:idea::devil:

You'd probably want to seriously upgrade the electrical system with a much bigger alternator and split charging...... 1kW is going to be something like 86A

Do that anyway

 

[Dragon Man]

You'd probably want to seriously upgrade the electrical system with a much bigger alternator and split charging...... 1kW is going to be something like 86A

Do that anyway

yep i have already got both! theres a 115A leisure battery in the boot and the alternator is rated at 95 amps. only issue i have now is that the single V belt really struggles. i need to use a multi V belt. its as simple as just swapping the pulleys around though.. i do have them somewhere its just being arsed with all this rain and cold >_<

 

[pandamaniac]

John
I always said people from Derby were bleeding bonkers.

You'll soon need solid forktruck tyres soon to take the weight.

And you will be a danger to the wildlife, never mind a car coming the otherway.

They will think ET's spaceship is coming down the road or track.

Do you lamp rabbits from space? or just Yorkshire from Derby?

Dave