Good point well made.
Even better point. I've had to get the wheels off a car that had been there for around 5 years. Absolute bastard, was worried about snapping one off in the hub.
Of course, unfortunately a lot of garages don't like to torque up wheels because it takes time, so they just windy gun (or knuckle bar) them on. But there are a lot of factors which mean you need more force to take off a nut/bolt than you torqued them up to.
Those daft extendible tyre irons should be banned. They are as useful as a chocolate tea-cosy.
That is why garages have insurance, if they did a pre-pickup check to show there was no damage (which you signed) and then a post-pickup check to show there was damage (which you signed) then they will foot the bill for repairs.
I don't any more, I did once many years ago, never again, now I lift.
I have the proper tools, but I was too lazy to get them out. But if you can't change a wheel with the tools that come with your car you'll be buggered if you get a puncher.
A bit of both, I'm only 70-75kg (changes a lot), and the irowas probably 20cm long. Plus I'm not a fan of the uncontrolled feeling you get when pushing down and the nut finally goes. Almost knocked of my teeth doing it in the past as I didn't expect it to go (all of my body weight was on it, the last person to have the wheels off used a impact gun) when it finally did.
That way takes longer tbh, I use a trolley jack and do a corner at a time. Raise it just enough to see light under the tyre and that'll to me. Off with old, on with new, spin on the nuts/bolts quickly with the tyre iron (I can do it about the same speed as a windy gun, just not the same tightening force), drop it on the deck and quickly tighten up. Move on to next corner. Then when I'm done give the all one extra muscle session.
Free tip: Lift, don't push. I lift the wheel nuts off the car and I lift them back on, that why the weight of the car does the work for you. As long as you use your legs to lift not your arms/back it is really effective. Normally I can get things tightened up correctly just using the lift technique, but I like to double check for the odd nut that is a touch loose.
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I did mine in about 20 minutes on my own, using a cheapo Halfords trolley jack and the tyre iron that came with the van (mostly because I couldn't be bothered to raid the barn for tools), at about 2115hrs, the biggest problem was gnats biting the shit out of my face. It is all muscle memory though as I've fitted so many wheels I could actually do it with my eyes closed.
Of course, first thing in the morning I checked tyre pressures and properly tightened up all of the wheel nuts as I never trust the tightening force I can put through a tyre iron.
Indeed, the disconnected battery can't have been as much of a hindrance as reported as it sounds like a chav decided to have a play and got lucky., but since it was filmed 70 miles up the road and getting given a boot full, a "lack of fuel" was hardly an issue.
Need moar low! It looks like a 4x4. Trolololol.
True enough, there aren't many vans with the RS2000 wheels on, which is why I had to pay twice for them than it'd cost for these.
I've just seen a Cupra R splitter on an Mk6 and it looked fantastic, was thinking I'd much rather have one of them than a Laguna splitter. 40 notes is a bit steep though. :/
1.8TDi is the plan, although if I'm honest, I'm at the point where it'd be better to buy an already TD van with much less rust and damage, then just bolt on the TDi parts (exhaust manifold/turbo and intercooler). But it'd have to be a front mounted intercooler as the standard on top of the engine dealio is rubbish, it just heats up the IC and the ducting to it is so rubbish it might as well not be there at all.
Apparently the battery was disconnected when the car was stolen, so it wasn't an opportunity theft, but stolen to order. Which pretty much means it is in bits and/or out of the country by now.
Especially the vented type. They look good on almost any car though, so when someone is breaking a Laguna that is always the first thing up for sale.
Nah, standard Escort w/ fogs bumper and a Laguna splitter. Was thinking about putting on a Mk5 front end, but it is a bigger job than it first looked. Still tempted by TDi setup, but might be cheaper to buy a TDi van. Although I've been told a handy tuning trick to get moar POWA! from the little NA until, so going to try that out.
The only time I've got close to anything remotely fast was because I surprised him in the corners, once the road opened up he took off like a stabbed rat.
True, I chucked them on so late I've not taken them for a test drive yet. No PAS means 3 point turns will suck.
But lets be honest, it does actually look go, they aren't too flashy that it looks daft, was going to get some RS7s/soft spokes, which might have looked a bit gash.
But lets be honest, it does actually look go, they aren't too flashy that it looks daft, was going to get some RS7s/soft spokes, which might have looked a bit gash.
They don't need it to blend in, it'll be broken down and sold as parts, or more likely just weighed in. They'd need a covered trailer to get it to a workshop though. But it is a bit daft stealing a one off like that, as anyone with a bit of conscience will know it is hot and call in the BiB.
New wheels and tyres (Toyo Proxies all round, plus a spare matching alloy with some AVON of sorts on it). All tyres are new as makes no difference brand new too. 
Have taken off the front centre caps for now, because I didn't realise I need to modify the rear hub nut cover to put the centre caps on the rear, so no centres until Thursday when I get time to grind down the nut covers.
Have taken off the front centre caps for now, because I didn't realise I need to modify the rear hub nut cover to put the centre caps on the rear, so no centres until Thursday when I get time to grind down the nut covers.
Inertia flywheel is just the flywheel that connects the crankshaft to the clutch. But I'm going to say it is your clutch that is gone. As I'm sure was suggested a couple of pages back by at least 5 other people. Unfortunately it is a 5ish hour job with the ZT, so that'll cost a pretty penny in labour.
That is where setting it up as an RS200 comes in. I use it on autocross/rally and for playing tag as you can get the power down so quickly.
But yes, I suspect the reason the locked diff doesn't quite work correctly is mostly because of how the grass is modelled in LFS combined with the tyre physics. Doesn't quite react like drive on grass should.
But yes, I suspect the reason the locked diff doesn't quite work correctly is mostly because of how the grass is modelled in LFS combined with the tyre physics. Doesn't quite react like drive on grass should.
If you're stirring through the coals and there is no movement in the selector, then yes. Jobs a gooden, takes about 45 mins. The hardest part is making sure you get the linkages on right so the gears are where they should be.
True enough, as my aunt always used to tell me, red cars go faster. The red colour tricks your car into thinking it is a Ferrari, so increases horse power.
There are a couple of groups who are hacking big companies to show how lax they are with the information we give them, as a sort of warning that since the advent of Facespace and the like, we've become very willing to put everything about us online. There was a time not so long ago, when you'd struggle to get someone's surname out of them.
Rock crawling is for fat people who like to say "a'yup!" and drink light lager (as if lager can get any lighter).
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