My Fi Car named Eleanor

[clock34]

Xd. i need to get my fingre out and sort something for mine. got twin 12" xplod and matching amps for the boot but really dunno how to arrange... weather to make a custom thing or just wack them in and hide the wires.

 

[N0KKA]

Normal mirrors will look alot better mate. I've sourced a pair of 12 inch pioneer 1000w subs near me for 40 quid - no boxes though... might give it a try If you're ever needing dents to practice on - give me a shout and you can attempt my wheel arch haha

 

[Brad G]

I need to decide to either mount the 2 subs flat or invert them in the boot.... hmmm.... mannaged to get a trade card for B&Q today so i should get MDF cheap..Hopefully!

 

[Brad G]

I need to decide to either mount the 2 subs flat or invert them in the boot.... hmmm.... mannaged to get a trade card for B&Q today so i should get MDF cheap..Hopefully!

 

[clock34]

i tried one inverted once and i personally dont think it sounds as good.

 

[bad_boy_cinq]

Musnt of had the right size box for the sub tho work inverted then ...

i inverted mine becasue it looks kool..... and it sounded fantastic ... but i had to run no shelf as the bottom of the sub would touch the shelf

 

[Brad G]

Yeh might just fit them flat. Need to get some MDF this week and make a start. My fibreglass Build is in the Traders section if anyone is interested.

 

[N0KKA]

Any update on the back bumper you began smoothing mate?

 

[Brad G]

Any update on the back bumper you began smoothing mate?

Hey its on hold at the moment. Hit a big pothole and snapped a anti roll bar link. The part where it joins the subframe. One of the bolts have sheared so need to drill/re-tap that. Edinburgh roads are a nightmare!

 

[bad_boy_cinq]

scotlands roads Are a nightmare

 

[mrcinquecento]

Hey its on hold at the moment. Hit a big pothole and snapped a anti roll bar link. The part where it joins the subframe. One of the bolts have sheared so need to drill/re-tap that. Edinburgh roads are a nightmare!

come and have a play around my area of Dundee, there's a reason i've snapped 4 springs on 3 different cars in the past year no matter how careful you are it's impossible, the roads are almost undriveable now.

then, in their infinite wisdon, our council decide the roads are actually bad and must be repaired.... so they go and dig up the ONLY part where the road was fine and replace that instead

 

[Andi9386]

come and have a play around my area of Dundee, there's a reason i've snapped 4 springs on 3 different cars in the past year no matter how careful you are it's impossible, the roads are almost undriveable now.

then, in their infinite wisdon, our council decide the roads are actually bad and must be repaired.... so they go and dig up the ONLY part where the road was fine and replace that instead

Oooft the roads by you were pretty bad, when I drove round there last year in Dubster....
And my local council, just send 2guys in a transit tipper, to put a small patch of tarmac down & flatten it with their spades...
So every winter, with the constant pouding of cars, vans, 4x4's & trucks delivering to the shops, the patch wears out, gets full of water from all the rain & freezes.... great fun.

Councill will grit part of Brewlands Crescent, then bugger off up Brewlands Drive towards the shops, so my part gets left out.

 

[mrcinquecento]

believe me Andi, you probably didnt even drive the worst bits near me (around the back end of the law) and even the pretty bad bits you will have driven on have only got much worse since then around the law area it's just undriveable, might fit the camera to the bmw dash and go for a drive around there some afternoon and post it up on here just to show how bad it is, it's almost unreal. there's a few parts of the road that have actually collapsed

 

[Andi9386]

I know it was relatily bad when Steve drove to yours back in Janurary...
Think you need 4x4 suspension before you drive roudn that area then Mark.

Thing is, say I was to follow my SatNav again, I probs would end up the other side of Dundee looking for your place, somehow just found it by blind luck.....

Some of the roads near me, are so bad now I won't take Dubster down them.... don't care if someone else wreck their car, I aint wrecking Dubster....
Worst road is in Loans, part of one side got dug up about 3years ago, the put tarmac down, but you drive along & your wheel's shaking, so you have to move further to yuor left, nearer the pavement...

 

[clock34]

mythbusters proved it faster you hit bumps the less you feel them mwahaha

 

[Andi9386]

mythbusters proved it faster you hit bumps the less you feel them mwahaha

Aye I know they did, I rember seeing it on Quest.

 

[mrcinquecento]

i dare someone to try it here

 

[Andi9386]

i dare someone to try it here

NOT Me...... don't want to wreck Dubster.

 

[clock34]

lol i would if i was still in possesion of a seicento. stilo wheelbase is too long to be battering over bumps

 

[muppet42]

I remember how my mk2 was on standard suspension over bumps...proportionally about ten times worse than the Stilo as it is lowered :laugh: Honestly, I don't know if the 8v was the exception to the mk2 Punto line up but my Jebus the standard suspension was sh**e :laugh: