chasinthemirage

Just when you think you've seen it all OS pulls another one out of the bag. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Thanks mate, nah just a sky blue from Bunnings that I thought looked good. Oh man awesome thank you, I'll watch some videos and get in touch at some point. What did you use PPE wise? I've got a long beard so looks like I'll probably need to buy/borrow a PAPR. Also what where the seams between the panels like on yours? Mine have a bit of rusty staining, the guy that did the panel work was talking about splitting the seams to clean them up which seems like an enormous amount of work. Sweet, thanks man. I haven't got much budget at the moment but I'll flick you a message if I decide it's too much to paint it myself.

Hey @yetchh not a lot really. I pushed it outside a few months ago and rattle canned a couple of panels to get an idea of what it'd look like but it's been sitting in the shed since then. Still needs paint but I don't know where to start with doing it myself. I did have it up for sale for awhile but I've been a bit too sentimental to let it go.

Sweet, thanks @CUL8R will flick him a message.

Hey all, the rust in my Fairmont hasn't magically repaired itself and I'd really like to get it back on the road. It needs repairs to both rear guards and potentially a small (hopefully)repair at the seam of the rear sill. Are there any OS gc's keen on a cashie or anyone local that people have had good service from in the past? Cheers

I've had the fuel tank out of my wagon for some repairs, it's ready to go back in but I'm not sure what product to use as a seal between the tank and the body. There was a sticky non setting goo there originally as far as I can tell and the manual recommends renewing the "caulking cord" but I can't find any products with similar names that don't appear to be specifically for windows. Can anyone recommend something for this?

Fuck I can't wait to go for a hoon in this at nats next year...

Thanks for this, it's shaping up to be a lot of measuring and hassle for the sake of lowering the car another 3cm haha. My old man suggested some bags of cement in the boot, might be an easier way to go!

What's the go with replacing bump stops? Haven't got much clearance between the pinion snubber on the wagon, it's 65mm tall overall. Can I replace it with an aftermarket one that's shorter? Virm says they can't be modified but doesn't mention replacing them with an aftermarket option.

I'm going to leave the blocks in so that I can easily raise it again if I need to without having to do anything to the spring pack. That's the plan at this stage anyway.

Thanks @cletus! I do remember being told about the shackles once upon a time. I'll have a decent look at it and have a chat to the spring makers. Ideally I'd like to only do stuff that can be reversed, if I'm going to cert it then I'd be tempted to bag it but thats a whole other can of worms that I'm not clued up on.

Okay another suspension question for @cletus. Is there a minimum amount of arch required for a leaf spring? I've measured the Fairmont, if I lower it 40mm it'll even up the guard gap, leave the structure of the vehicle about 110mm from the ground and should give about 50mm between the unmodified bump stops and the diff. I'll get an extra over load leaf fitted but the springs will be fairly flat, I'm hoping fitting an extra leaf will mitigate this. Am I likely to run into any other issues? Couldn't see anything in the Virm.

Thought as much. Thanks mate! I'll just spend the $300 and get the leaves reset properly.

Yeah already has 2" blocks installed and still sits very high. Almost wonder if it's got springs in it that have been raised it's that high.

What's the go with flipped leaves? Just been looking at a post on another forum where a guy reckons you can lower an E series wagon 2" buy taking the spring pack apart and putting the small leaf on the bottom upside down on top of the pack. Seems somewhat dodgy. Is it legal and how shit is the ride quality likely to be?