The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

[Magic Beans]

I was told to go for a 225/40/18 by a tyre company mate. A 215 might look silly with to much stretch.

The other option is to call whifbitz where I got the wheels from and see if they do a 8x18 wheel the same as the ones on it with the right offset or with a spacer and put a 225/35/18 on that. Would give more space in the arch for coilovers and a smaller over all profile.

I had no problem with my old wheels at 18x8 with 225/35/18 with a 35 offset. (Would need a 5 or 10mm spacer for the arches though. (Longer studs wouldn't be needed due to the depth of the wheel bolt holes in the wheel)

Hope this helps mate.

I'll post a pic soon and show where the dosh from my baby has gone

Thanks for the info Scott There's no immediate rush to sort them right now, it's only an issue on full lock as you know. I can get around this for now so after the other bits are finished I'll set about solving this little puzzle

Show us the new truckasaurus then

[Magic Beans]

http://www.alloywheels.com/Tyre_Calculator

[Magic Beans]

*Ignore* Being ham fisted

[Magic Beans]

Just a wee small update. Been busy doing lots of little jobs, like finishing the door cards, tuning the ICE and loads of little bits nobody would care about

However.. One thing I had to do was to swap the Forge BOV for the stock valve off the old engine. As good as the Forge is, I just can't stand that damn noise

After taking it off it was clear it wasn't nearly clean enough to go into the new hyper clean engine bay


Took the paint back to the metal and evened up the surface


A spot of enamel paint later


This is why the BOV has to be spotless


Et voila. I purposely didn't replace the bottom hose in the BOV, to emphasise the main hose line, which also then draws the eye away from the bottom black hose, giving a cleaner look. Yes, I think too much about these things


Seats wise I've decided to keep the Brides and the Corbeaus already have a new home to go to.

Next up is to repair the tear in the driver's side Bride seat and to clean it up. The passenger side has already been scrubbed back to new. Then it's discs and pads time, before the chargecooler (again)..

[4ndee]

This is the sexiest car ever!

[stephano]

This car would be my ultimate NIGHTMARE!

id wake up in the night to check it was still imaculate.
im not joking either i used to do it with my E30.

[Magic Beans]

This car would be my ultimate NIGHTMARE!

id wake up in the night to check it was still imaculate.
im not joking either i used to do it with my E30.

Pretty much spot on there

Although I'm a clean freak anyway, if you hadn't guessed already So for me it's great, as I don't constantly keep seeing things I need to refurb etc, like on the blue car.

[stephano]

sounds like its fallen into the perfect hands then

[Magic Beans]

sounds like its fallen into the perfect hands then

Pretty much. Strange how things pan out sometimes.

[stephano]

indeed. i think its mostly not giving up and pushing on.
not always that easy but still worth trying

[craig]

Alright dude, good to meet you t'other day

"I don't like shouty noises", I believe you muttered to yourself as you removed the stock bov from Mule#1

I don't like shouty noises either

[Magic Beans]

Alright dude, good to meet you t'other day

"I don't like shouty noises", I believe you muttered to yourself as you removed the stock bov from Mule#1

I don't like shouty noises either

Yes sir, it's good to finally put a face to the words

Turns out the stock BOV is crazy noisy on the white Mule too

[Magic Beans]

Spent the day at chez riot68 (James) yesterday, to do a few jobs. I was also going to replace my discs and pads at the same time, however a rounded off torx wheel nut kinda rained on my parade

It's going to be fun getting this off


Not to worry, it was never about me doing stuff to my car, so the main thing was we got the that bumper replaced

I did take a couple of photos though, before treacherous rain made an appearance








She had her first bath in her new home today and just like washing a big hairy dog, we ended up more wet than the car

[riot68]

Great day, stunning car, just love that engine cover and the colour when the sun is on it is amazing...

[ashley]

Darn....that's going to be 'interesting'

[Magic Beans]

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Darn....that's going to be 'interesting'

Weld something to it and twist it out hopeully

Most of them were over-tightened, so I'm surprised there's not more. I'll swap them for regular nuts if I can.

[Magic Beans]

Slowly working through a sea of little jobs, in the few chances I've been getting this past few days. Most uninteresting, so I'll spare you the my ramblings

Tonight's job in hand was finding the best way to mount the PFC Commander. I did toy with the idea of deconstructing it and mounting it on a plate in a single DIN slot. It's slightly too big to fit a single DIN in the way I'd like so another solution had to be found.

After a bit of searching about in my vast collection of bits I stumbled across like


A bit of streamlining and a bend later


A suitable means of attaching it


On


And in place


It's only a test fit, as the ECU isn't in yet and the wiring needs running to the boot. It fits pretty nicely though, with all the other dash gubbins

Next up is finishing off removing the paint from the Cusco brace ends, which seems to be the hardest and most dense substance know to man Not sure what colour to go with them yet. I'm thinking white?

[craig]

Dude, I love your motor

Nice work with the PFC Commander, white would look good.

[riot68]

White would be ace, got some cans here if you need any help...

[stephano]

i hope your passengers dont like pressing buttons!