mikuni

what offset wheels do you run??? mine didn't touch unless on full lock camber did its job the rest of the time i was planning to build stopers for the steering because it wasn't hitting by much.

all it takes to get pink stickered is a dumb arse cop and we all no how many of those are out there

I think my wheels are p40.. maybe 42. I can't remember but I'm happy with them, they touch on the inside at full lock, don't touch the shock and are as close to the guard as I want to go so I don't think offset could be any better than it is. The camber thing won't work unless I slot the holes which I'm not sure I want to do.

And yeh, the real problem with cops is that they don't actually know all the rules. Sometimes they can sticker you for things which aren't even illegal. Often this isn't the case though.. alot of them go easy when they see you're not a wanky boy racer in a h*nda ( )

Heres a link to ozgemini regarding the balljoint camber adjustment that might be of interest to gemini/chevette guys.

http://www.ozgemini.com/viewtopic.php?t ... balljoints

Some balljoints are offset, some are not. Thats why some confusion may have been caused.

Slotting the holes may also be abit dodgy, one guy mentions that the balljoint has a straight cut in one side as it needs to clear the shock mount, so I'll look into that more.. but I've found on ozgem people have a tendency to say things even if they have no idea what they are talking about

So have you had any word on it yet bro? I knew a dude that got his car stolen and they just took the seats and wheels and left it. Its still fuken gay but ohwell, got his car back in the end.

Just remember everyone, don't ever buy anything you think might be stolen cos it just encourages this sorta crap.

I just posted these up in the new toyota mark II forum, so I thort I might aswell copy and paste to here.
Its my old '79 Cressida Hardtop (Mark II coupe). Afew of you have probly seen it before for sale or what ever.
Was running the M-U 2.0L Straight 6 'power house'
Unfortunately my wheels were robbed by some theaving natives who were bigger than me so I decided to sell up and carry on with other projects.

I'll probably be into it. These cars are all wicked. I used to have a '79 Cressida Hardtop

Oh yeh, I thought there was something different about that 62. It looks mean as! Looks like he had abit of issues with the guard clearance at the back ay. We used fwd offset wheels on my mates one, didn't have any trouble and it was abit lower too

My flatty had a 220c. Was pretty similar but had a mighty deisel 'power' unit.

My Cressida was 'hardtop' like what u guys are talking about. Fuk how exciting

Do u just want condition checked, tyres etc?

I could proly suss it for u but not this weekend cos we going to beach hop, but maybe sunday arvo if u can't get anyone else....

I still have all 100 or whatever it is you get allocated.

Havnt had a fine for about 3 years bar parking tickets.

I have NEVER had a speeding fine either.

good boy stlylz

Check your parking tickets bro, I'm pretty sure some of them have demerits ay. I got like 8 demerits for parking in a clearway..

I had 96 demerits and tried it, thort might aswell. I sent an extra $10 cos I wanted it to be a semi-decent amount so that they would bother to send a cheque back.

Never heard anything, never got a cheque, lost my licence.. and so it means I gave the fukers an extra $10 for their troubles! What a dumb arse I am....

Hey man.. this is coming along so fast I can barely keep up!

How did you clean up the undersides of your guards before you sprayed them with the black? Was it with a waterblaster or what?

I've got a certifier sorted and I have been talking to him about what I'm doing. He said he checks that the springs are sitting tight and captive. He also wants 30mm travel before it hits them bump. But thats not clearance. I dunno its hard to explain but at the front even with only 10mm clearance before the bump it still has heaps of travel because of the geometry of the control arms. At the back I will probably just take 10mm off the existing bump to give me the needed clearance - he reckons aslong as the bump isn't all hacked up and rough it can be modified.. and it obviously still needs to function correctly.

Some of that stuff sounds a little dodgy to me but he's a qualified guy and he certs vehicles so I assume he knows alot more than most of us here.. haha

Shot man, good luck!

So u reckon that these ae8x inserts will keep my cuts captive?

Possibly, just ring a suspension shop and they will tell you the insert diameter - whether it will fit into your strut, and the extended length - you can make sure this is shorter than you existing insert by getting the length of your one from them, and checking yours aswell just to make sure that it does have a ke70 one already and that it hasn't been changed.

We had a bit of a disscussion about it a little while ago.... check it out http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewto ... ght=#87702

Cheers man, yeh I was haven a watch of that thread. Pretty handy, has anyone looked into the ball joint situation yet? Be pretty keen to know if they will sheer off!

That other threads more about 'how low' than 'how to' if you know what I mean.

Driftin, Me and zep wantt to do the same thing for out gems. How low does you gem sit, and what are rate options on them?

I haven't really talked to him about the rates yet. I'll get them quite hard.

They are for my vauxhall, same shit tho but it has much smaller bumps at the rear and is about 20mm off them and them bumps have been cut at the front and its about 10mm off them.

I'm only getting the rear done for now as I want to wait untill I get a new engine in before I get the front made.

they have ke70 written on them in white marker.

Possibly some dumb arse wrecker f**kt it up to begin with and sold them as ke70 struts when they aren't? Just an idea as to the possible cause.. sounds abit weird..

I'm pretty sure you can buy new ae8* ones and they are shorter and still use your existing top hat. Look into it, I was going to do it on my old corona. Other than that actually shortening the shocks can be done for very little, but its probably cheaper and easier to buy new shocks.

Any suspension place will list them, just get the measurement from top to bottom and make sure they will hold it captive.

Yeh, it should be legal. Just turning it gets you a little but slotting may put a little more stress on it. I'm sure its safe and you wouldn't even be able to see that its been slotted unless you get carried away.

Anyway as far as not handling in the straight line, decreased braking and excessive tyre wear, we're talking about a gemini with almost no camber to start with. Its probably only going to raise it up to what most newer vehicles have. Not going 10 degrees or anything!

I've also looked into that guard roller. Theres only one guy that does it down here as far as I know and no hire places have the thing. I remember a mate telling me about it - bolts onto the hub apparantly. I think a little bit of everything is probably the way to go.

Cheers again for the input.

why would you give your self a bigger turning circle? sounds like a crappy way to stop hitting the gaurds. what about getting the gaurds flared?

I'm thinking of putting larger steering dampers in to reduce the lock so it turns less and hopefully the tyres won't hit the guards, and getting this certed if possible.

Don't wanna make the wheels turn more, thats just silly.

Yeh i'm considering rolling the guards a little. Good paint tho, It will probably crack. And I don't wanna put bolt ons just yet.

I hadn't even thought of camber tho! Crack up, you can get a little bit out of just turning the top ball joint around ay? I think i read that somewhere.

Might have a look at slotting those holes. Cheers dudes

I took my car out yesterday and got pulled over. Its kinda low and had no reg but the cop was alright and just had a yarn to be about it and shit.

He said he pulled me over to check my steering and said that he can pink sticker me if my front guard touches the tyre.. Which it will as soon as I lower it properly.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how you can have the tyres inside the guards at the front and it still be 'legal'. Just enough to get away with it when cops pull u up is all. I'm thinking of putting larger steering dampers in to reduce the lock so it turns less and hopefully the tyres won't hit the guards, and getting this certed if possible.

I'm real keen to get it low and not be hassled by the cops.

Anyone else have any ideas of what I could try? (I know having a high car is the easy answer)

cheers for the help guys

Go check out the Club K forums, I'm sure we could help you out nicely.

Yeh, it might be safer

You haven't just changed to using 91 because of gas prices have you? ..just an idea..

Yeh man. Where abouts are you? Do you fit them aswell, or do you know how much these could be stretched onto a rim. 7,7.5,8??

Dunno why your pic didn't work.