Great colour, that Blue, and I do like the tube style side runners.

I to had a front strut air bag blow and was told to replace both at the same time. Which I did and have no regrets.

Cheers, Jerry THIS WRECKAGE

Cheers Jerry, the bars were fitted when I bought it!

I know you are meant to do them in pairs, budget didn't allow, learnt my lesson!! 

The Fatty looks well, Looks like you've got yourself a bit of bargain there, even with the bit of agg you've had. 2004 vogue
1978 Pontiac Firebird
2010 Fiesta

No further progress, but received the new drop links today

Yesterday finally ordered the passenger side Delphi strut, nuts and bolts to attach them to the hubs and two of the paper gaskets that are meant to go in the top

Providing Island 4 x 4 get their in gear and dispatch the order tomorrow, hopefully it will come Friday and have a day off so hoping I can get it back on the road. 

It looks in good nick.

Start saving for the next thing  2020 Porsche Panamera Turbo Hybrid (V FAST)
2017 Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 V8
2018 JCW Mini Cooper
2018 Skoda VRS

Exactly that, I should start a game where people pay �5 to guess what will go wrong next, and the winner gets the remaining amount once I've changed it  

Haven't posted anything in here in a while.

Recently have had a groaning noise when I turn left at low speed, or stopped. I believe I diagnosed the problem last night as a knackered ball joint on the N/S lower suspension arm.

Have the new one here today ready to fit tonight, along with the OEM height sensor that I bought two months ago but couldn't be bothered to fix. Fingers crossed the nut from the old one will fit the new sensor, as they don't come with that.

Wouldn't it be much easier for these companies to provide associated fitting parts when selling an item, it's a nightmare to finally get an item in the post and then realise there's a few more things you need to order, which cost pennies and you pay ten times that to get them shipped to you!!

Squeaking brakes at the front will be stripped down later also, hopefully a bit of copper grease will knock that problem on the head, with the small possibility I might be able to stop the 'bonk' noise when braking at low speed, and accelerating again, not sure what part of me thinks it is the brake pads but doesn't seem to happen when at speed and braking!!

Post to follow later... 

All done on the passenger side lower arm and problem fixed. No longer have a cable tied height sensor, new one is working a treat!

Happy for now, until I tackle the other side next week!! 

Could the bonk noise be lower arms? 2007 Vogue TDV8 with 255/55/20's fitted

Possibly, still need to do the drivers side but I'm hoping so now 

Replaced the drivers side lower arm yesterday, took me 4 bloody hours to get the old one off, 20 minutes to get the new one on!

Managed to bend the bolt so got a new one from advanced factors today, about to change it and put the new one in.

Also about to change the cranked lower arm, had a spare for a few months and I can see the bush is , defo on drivers side!!

Also got the nuts bolts and rear toe tracking arms to tackle if I get time, tomorrow if not  

She's done it, completed a 1000 miles holiday to Germany and back, didn't skip a beat!

Showing signs of the gear box / torque converter wearing out now

Happy picture near br�nnchen corner of the N�rburgring in the snow!

How many miles has she done in total? I'm assuming well over 100k if the torque converter is starting to go, although I realise that gearboxes are a weak point on these beasts... 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

146k 😳