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| Author: | Mini Mad [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:46 pm ] |
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I'm in the middle of replacing my rubber cones...the thread in the old ones was all rusted away and i had to cut the trumpet in half to get it out, not so hard..but now I can't for the life of me get the old rubber cone out!! 
Yuuck! I need a VBFS... 
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| Author: | willy [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:53 pm ] |
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YAY!!! Go the cutting of the trumpet! 
I did this with my fronts, cos i was too lazy to take the top arm out. Did it whilst i was fittin the hilos.... you doin hilos too Joshy? |
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| Author: | Mini Mad [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:07 pm ] |
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Haha, yea i'm going the Hi-Lo's too 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:25 pm ] |
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Barney's already got 'em too... 
Hey willy, didn't you have to pull them out for the `Gestapo'?? (note `Regency' has the same number of letters.. scary huh!)
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| Author: | willy [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:30 pm ] |
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| Naah i had to put them IN for regency.
So i could get the height up. Geez it was horrible to drive with it so high 
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| Author: | Bromley [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:14 pm ] |
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Are all HiLos the same? if not which ones are the best to buy and from where? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:17 pm ] |
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All pretty much the same, except for MiniSport (UK) Adjustarides. These don't use a stock Mini knuckle ball (1/2" dia shank), but one that's a bit bigger. So you need to buy knuckles from them, a PITA... 
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| Author: | Bromley [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:27 pm ] |
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What is the going rate for HiLos from somewhere like Karcraft? P.s I like the religious status!!! |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:26 pm ] |
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$58 each for the 4 Hi-Los, and another $57.34 for a pair of rear struts (screw into the Hi-Los). Prices were Jan `05, might be higher now. |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:44 pm ] |
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you're a butcher Josh
i need hi-lo's in the front of JAM....the new cones sit WAY too high!! looks like i am popping a mono when standing still
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| Author: | 13secmini [ Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:01 am ] |
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anton i put some good second had rubber cones in mine and even with the high lows on there lowest setting it is sitting to high. Im not sure if you can modify the high low to come down further, i would look into it before you put them in. |
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| Author: | Mini Mad [ Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:57 pm ] |
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Hehe, felt good cutting up those trumpets  ...wish I could burn the cones safely 
Still on side 1
I got the top arm out, fairly easily....for some reason one of the nuts on the shaft retaining plate was a different size to the bolt head which threw me off
Heres a look without the arm
Once the arm was out the cone came out with the greatest of ease, almost literally dropped out the hole 
Here's all the bits and pieces out...check out the grease..it's BLUE
And another shot with the new knuckle.. 
I have to remove the old cup thing that's in there at the moment right? |
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| Author: | benjamin [ Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:34 pm ] |
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yep, and id clean it too and give it a coat of paint befor you put i t back every thin that needs fixing on my car get a clean while im fixing it so hopfully one day the hole car will be clean
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| Author: | Baracade [ Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:07 pm ] |
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Clean? Whats that? Hmmm cleaning equal's it will rust... Leave it Dirty & its protected! |
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| Author: | Wolfman [ Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:02 pm ] |
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Baracade wrote: Clean? Whats that?
Hmmm cleaning equal's it will rust... Leave it Dirty & its protected! Hmm , sounds like a job for Mythbusters to me
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