so Betty is back in service.
But this morning both rear springs snapped in same journey
So finally fitted the new FK rear springs and shocks. Also trimmed the bump stops a little - not sure it was entirely essential but i would have been annoyed if i had to get them out and trim them after so just did it anyway.
So here is the suspension that came out, and the trimmed off bits of bump stop
Here is old vs new spring length
And the new and old shocks at full extension
and here is how she sits on said new rear suspension
Also, the joys of being pretty damn low, hit the bottom hard enough to dent the downpipe good and proper, it snapped a stud that hold the downpipe to the manifold and opened up the join so most of the exhaust gases weren't making it down the exhaust to the rear and it sounded like it was farting
So shot over to Kidderminster to see Simon who has been breaking a 16v cinq to pick up my bits i ordered and beg and plead for the manifold and downpipe, a deal was struck and we set about swapping that over too - no pics as was really in a hurry to get there, fix it and get back home in time to pick up the mrs from work (which i managed with about 2 mins to spare).
Few more bits need doing, washer pumps stopped working but i have 12v going to them so got a replacement off Simon today in Kidderminster, also got new windscreen to go in as have cracked mine (again, joys of being too low for the roads round here i think) and there was a few other things - i'll post as this stuff eventually gets fitted.