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exactly what I thought m8!! couldn't tell the colour quite right - kinda looks like the DBP purple

thanks chick glad you got on with her ok yesterday & enjoyed it is much better now the PS belt isn't slipping & I sorted all 4 wheels air as well this morning

has anyone called BBA reman to enquire yet? they do have a way of finding these specialist companies. I recall watching one about a Porsche where they had custom suspension made for it which was rated as per the Porsche originals as for the parts - im guessing with all the contacts they have & people 'working' for them then they can get pretty much cost prices I work for a company that provides the software for car part manf's & my friend got me staff rate on some parts for the valver. an example being the brake balance bias valve, normally around £90 they are but I got for £30. the discs & pads were cheap as chips but cant recall how much mark up on cars parts is huge!!

small update for the valver since getting it back on the road I have been driving it on the tires which came with the BBS splits I brought off here but they were the wrong size & made the steering feel very heavy (205*50*16) plus I was finding it even heavier when moving at slow speeds, eg parking. as the VR needs new bridgestones on the front this month I got some toyo part worns the other day, in a 195*45*16, which is as close to the standard 195*50*15 as I think I can get steering instantly better but still not right - oh poop I thought as all of the steering mechanism from rack to wheel is new at each end, including the rack! my mechanic popped round last night for a separate reason but being the great guy he is he had a quick look & the new power steering belt has stretched a little. a few minutes later, & thankfully I had my my trolley jack & tools, he had tightened a couple of things & sorted the steering out a much nicer drive to work was had in it this morning & with the sun shining I had a real feeling of happiness & excitement to get my old car back to how I remember it was :D just need to teach myself how to plastic weld so I can get the Kamei front spoiler back on & it will be pretty much as it looks in the early pages of this thread lol

oh dear that doesn't sound good more show than go with that dinner then :(

make yourself at home :)

LOL I had a similar wonder but only if Ed would lend me his Wurth Plastic repair kit

not yet but im sure I will lol

cool thanks for explaining that JMC

yes Dox, the gf & I both noticed that some cosmetic work had been done but nothing mentioned in the program. I guess as you say they cant show the same jobs each week. plus I guess as they only have a limited amount of time per program they cant include every job they do

sounds about right fender & yes IIRC the VR has both front & rear ARB's

good info loepan, thank you

lol thanks chuggs :)

the gf & I also questioned the heated part as we didn't see any mention of the loom or dash switch. I didn't know you could get a non heated leather interior though as for the handling comment - I always find it a little odd people slate the VR for how it handles. surely it all depends on how each individual car is set up, maintained, what parts are on it & how old they are. I think a true comparison could only be made by testing each flavour when they had just come out of the factory. plus is the VR block really that much heavier than the G60 or 16v such that it gives the implied impairment in handling? one of the big points with the VR engine when it was designed was the ability to get 6 cylinders in such a small block EDIT - having taken a look on here http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=15653#a_dimensions there isn't much in it when considering the overall weight. Plus that site doesn't cater for the fact many VR's had leather interior, which I would estimate is fairly heavier than cloth versions ;) lol Kerb weights being: 16v = 1090kg G60 = 1115kg VR = 1240kg so only 125kg in it between G60 & VR - do any of our track munching rado lovers have any idea if that would make much of a difference? though I imagine it would also depend on how that weight difference is distributed EDIT*2 - that carfolio site makes some good reading. I didn't know the difference in book speed between VR & G60 for 0-60mph was 1.4 seconds! (6.4s for the VR compared to 8s for the G60) Also a 1.7 second difference in their 1/4 mile book times I don't know many newer car specs but I believe you have to spend a fair whack of £'s on a new car to get a mid 6 second 0-60 time without any upgrades would those differences in time be due to how they get their power to the tarmac, as there is only a 32bhp difference between G60 & VR, or due those extra few horses I wonder My VR is an absolute joy round any twisties & when you get your corner entry & exits correct it is extremely rewarding (even when you get them wrong the chassis & stability make it for an easy catch to correct) - a combination of great agility & able to get lots of power down well. Combine this with a dual carriageway clover leaf section for example & mine will give much more modern, & much more expensive cars, a whooping most of the time the same can not be said for my valver - even when I used to own it years ago & it was less worn it didn't even come close to how my VR is now BUT the VR is that way, I believe, because I have progressively renewed all of the running gear, engine & gearbox mounts, it has a proper suspension setup in the KW's & excellent contact with the road due to the bridgestone's to get the valver back on the road this year part of what it needed was the complete steering rack to rod end's replacing on both sides & some of the running gear. even with those done it still doesn't compare to the feel & feedback on the VR

by the way Neale, what chicken dinner was it you had in the box? just out of interest lol

ive used the valver quite a few times over the past week & also done some more reading about the heater box that the matrix sits in im pretty much certain that the air coming out of the dash centre & side vents is cooler than in my VR due to me 'tidying' the lining on the main flap which controls heat or cool. it makes sense when I think about now that the interior is all back together & in retrospect I did have the thoughts of 'should I replace this lining whilst everything is apart' - kinda wish I did but then im not taking it all out again any time soon lol that said, within a few minutes o the journey this morning I had nice toasty warm air feeding out of the dash top vents to the windscreen. this in my view is the main objective & demisting works ok job done methinks next will be to get back onto the eyebrow spoiler refurb but I really should devote some time to the house again very soon

Oh my word m8 that is brilliant!! thanks for posting it, properly made me laugh this morning :D

I could check old bills but my rear beam bushes were done a fair while ago, as were the top mounts drop Thursdave a PM on here ;)

oh I thought they had already parted

Just noticed their site has a pictures of Kips old rado on the home page (pretty sure he was K1PVW) it is along way from me but might be too good to resist

ha ha ha well done Loucas, good work! the title of this thread very much is in line with thought I had having just got my valver back on the road earlier this year along with the thought 'why did I buy it back as its cost me a pretty penny getting it road worthy again' but then you get times like yesterday afternoon when I took it to a local tire place & had about 6 of their fitters crowded round it all saying very complimentary things & asking questions with great interest not many kinda beat up 25 year old cars can do that methinks, good girl!! :D lol

ha ha ha I had that very thing only yesterday mic lol

not sure on the cables though I would probably do them just in case IIRC part of the issue with the entire sunroof cartridge is the plastic type lining of the channels in which the sliders move back & forth I believe that surface wears thin & then this increases the amount of friction against said moving part & as such puts too much strain on the sunroof motor, which in turn has a cut out mechanism built in for when it becomes stressed at trying to move the mechanism thus I tried to lubricate the channels too

try this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Liqui-Moly-Silicone-Grease-100g-Tube-3312-Silicon-Fett-transparent-/231596928452?hash=item35ec40adc4 £6.99 :D

ha ha ha I like it! lol