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2 hours ago, cletus said:

The reason you can't modify bump stops without cert, is there are many situations where if you trim the bumpstop, something bad could happen. Shocks bottoming out, ball joints binding, etc etc 

The manufacturer sets the bump stop length to prevent these bad things happening 

It is a big problem with coilovers, people do not understand how important bumpstops are

Yes I get that but isn't it also bad having too long bump stops, which would be called into action far often than necessary, creating situations where the spring rate would go higher than necessary (but not as high as infinite in case the suspension bottoms out)? A genuine question, 'cos I don't know.

In any case, I'm assuming WOF inspector would pass any bump stop that looks OE, e.g. factory bump stop for lowered version of the same car, because they don't know any better what length bump stop is meant to be there in the first place, right?

1 hour ago, Beaver said:

Just get new bump stops that are more appropriately sized. Problem solved.

ok so there are generic ones with various length available? i thought i d just trim OE bump stop when lowered but i dont understand why modification s not allowed thats all.

for what they do, that seemed like the logical thing to do.

The daily failed WOF on rear bump stop. Had a look at it and most of it is there (ok the bottom bit is a bit worse for wear)

It's not missing much when compared to the online parts catalogue (parts ordered so will be able to see the actual difference on Monday)

Is it fail?

Also, I'm gonna get the car lowered by around 2 - 3 inches, what do I do about the bump stops - VIRM says they cannot be modified but if a car is lowered then bump stops should be shorter to suit the new ride height, else it'll ride on bump stop when it isn't intended to?

1 hour ago, V8Pete said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/mondeo/listing/4042427220

This is an interesting thing I had no idea existed until very recently 

gotta love the ad, it says hardly anything about the car, and all about the dealer themselves.

I wonder it's NZ new. bad enough for run of the mill mk3 mondeo parts price from ford, i wonder how much they would charge for the hybrid specific parts for this "rare" beast

27 minutes ago, cubastreet said:

I quiet like the look of the Mitsubishi miev minicab  - basically a Kei van or pickup with 16kwh battery and 150km range.

There must be a million different cheap evs in China now that would be really practical for a lot of people.

Interesting minicab is still in production (supposedly) but passenger equivalent i-miev had been discontinued.

i wonder how much it is in japan fr a new one. 

i'm not sure 150km range is the real world number though.

i-miev is a slug but i think it's the right type of EV for city for what it can do. i don't know why all the EVs are huge.

I looked up kilmat on the web and they seem all out of stock? Is it gonna be a permanent thing, if so what is the alternative go-to sound deadening?

As usual with AliEx, they are potluck.

There are huge varieties of AliEx LEDs in terms of reflectors and individual LED placement etc - just have a look thru and see what might work best but they may not necessarily be the cheapest. I got all my rear bulbs swapped out and they are great (especially reversing light) 

took it to AA expecting fail on loads of stuff but just two, 13% VLT tint and rear bump stops - apparently bump stops are flavour of the month, according to a shop I took it to get it done. 

yeah the fact they failed the old tyre they didn't pick up on recheck and saying the speed ratings dont match when its load ratings dont says much about them.

as soon as i told him that i got the tyres myself and others jobs as well, the guy suddenly became picky on recheck.

im going how come you didnt pick up on low tread on the other tyres but suddenly its a problem?

oh well, enough dealing with dodgy outfits.

Im pretty sure I got fed BS by a wof inspector on recheck.

1. It failed on tread depth on 2 tyres, I got replacement ones and turned up he now says the other tyres are bad.

2. Then the ones I replaced had 91V rating (vs 94V on the opposite side, which didnt fail) and said its a different speed rating. I checked its actually load rating is lower.

3. I think he s just sour I didnt give him any work, cos I didnt buy any tyres off him (and a couple of other stuff - exhaust flex joint was leaking, which he pick up but it turns out the failed rear engine mount was yhe cause. Also I did brake pad change myself)

So how do I report this guy so he doesn't try on another sucker

41 minutes ago, Nominal said:

Sicko.

42 minutes ago, Nominal said:

WTF those wheels?

that was my first reaction. fhc doesn't do it for me anyway.

10 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

From a Ford with Saint Gobain Sekurit glass

yeah probably couldnt handle the fact he was getting overtaken by a lowly blue oval.

carjam says its plymouth road runner gtx, i thought they are two distinctly seperate models. 

he doesnt look impressed 

i thought used EV price in japan s jacked up to match the rebate.