well after a month awaiting [>:] the special Bisltein HD suspension from Gert at Carnewal.. my car is finally up for a major overhaul as it reaches its 100k mark.. well not 'that' major but enough to make the bank balance tremble...[:'(]
My car will spend the next week [
] up at the garages of AmD somewhere in deepest Oxfordshire..
where on the way up it wil get 4 new shoes in the form of N rated Michelin Pilot Sport Tyres thanks to Black Circles on my existing 17" alloys (decided not to supersize to 18's []) although they will be the current N2 rated tyres as opposed to the N1's as recommended back in the days of the 993. Before I get flamed for this choice ! my view is that I wanted to benefit from the latest tyre technology, so contray to Michelin's reputation for tyres since the US GP, although there is nothing wrong with the previous Michelin Pilot Sport N1, there are compound and tread advances in the N2 variant that I wanted to benefit from, opposed to tyres that is from an older design.
Then at AmD I will get new (i) Bilstein HD shocks (ii) M030 Springs (iii) Front RS Wishbone Arms fitted with the correct alignment as well as getting an AmD ECU remap done on my 9 year old 100k mile 3.6 litre engine..... [8D]
in the end I resisted the temptation to upgrade the anti-roll bars, although the debate over whether to go for Poly Bush replacements was one that I couldn't resolve so decided against them but was more annoyed at how certain garages were going out of their way to dismiss their benefits of Poly Bushes verses the much more expensive complete wishbone arm replacements [>:][>:] which I did not find constructive or helpful....
which should be all in good time for the weekend at the Nurburgring the weekend after ! BUT now the only item that has come up in question is what to do about the ball joints ? and yes those are the balls I am referring to !
My knowledge of Ball Joints is very limited i.e. zero ! I know another owner who had mono balls fitted on the strut mounts (but unsure of how this is related!), so if the ball joints need replacing (although not exactly sure where they are!), if so how would I know, but if these are those on the strut mounts than what about just replacement rubber mounts as I assume mono ball will be too hard for the day to day london streets??? don't know, so any help would be appreciated ! [8|]
I am also vary of all these garage £££ extras building up, as at about £3k for next week it is already an expensive week ! I am just hoping that my car comes back from AmD without any minor dents like last time [:'(]
My car will spend the next week [
] up at the garages of AmD somewhere in deepest Oxfordshire.. where on the way up it wil get 4 new shoes in the form of N rated Michelin Pilot Sport Tyres thanks to Black Circles on my existing 17" alloys (decided not to supersize to 18's [
]) although they will be the current N2 rated tyres as opposed to the N1's as recommended back in the days of the 993. Before I get flamed for this choice ! my view is that I wanted to benefit from the latest tyre technology, so contray to Michelin's reputation for tyres since the US GP, although there is nothing wrong with the previous Michelin Pilot Sport N1, there are compound and tread advances in the N2 variant that I wanted to benefit from, opposed to tyres that is from an older design.Then at AmD I will get new (i) Bilstein HD shocks (ii) M030 Springs (iii) Front RS Wishbone Arms fitted with the correct alignment as well as getting an AmD ECU remap done on my 9 year old 100k mile 3.6 litre engine..... [8D]
in the end I resisted the temptation to upgrade the anti-roll bars, although the debate over whether to go for Poly Bush replacements was one that I couldn't resolve so decided against them but was more annoyed at how certain garages were going out of their way to dismiss their benefits of Poly Bushes verses the much more expensive complete wishbone arm replacements [>:][>:] which I did not find constructive or helpful....
which should be all in good time for the weekend at the Nurburgring the weekend after ! BUT now the only item that has come up in question is what to do about the ball joints ? and yes those are the balls I am referring to !
My knowledge of Ball Joints is very limited i.e. zero ! I know another owner who had mono balls fitted on the strut mounts (but unsure of how this is related!), so if the ball joints need replacing (although not exactly sure where they are!), if so how would I know, but if these are those on the strut mounts than what about just replacement rubber mounts as I assume mono ball will be too hard for the day to day london streets??? don't know, so any help would be appreciated ! [8|]
I am also vary of all these garage £££ extras building up, as at about £3k for next week it is already an expensive week ! I am just hoping that my car comes back from AmD without any minor dents like last time [:'(]
