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9 turbo Phase 1 9 Turbo

Put them under a two poster car ramp two get the spring clamps on until a local garage did the same on a R 18 , went wrong and the spring disappeared through a roof light never to be seen again . Lucky no one got hurt ,
I was young and stupid then , now threaded bar and a few 15 mm plates
Does the trick
 
Sure they're right? Look longer than OE
My old slagster had really loooooong springs, a clamp slipped off when I was replacing one, still compressed on one side......made me jump.....I was prodding it with a broom handle, like a rattlesnake, to see if other was gonna slip off , had to take a big boy brave pill and put another clamp in it, all the time waiting for if it was going take my face off......without my looks I'd be nothing....
 
Now we're cookin' on gas :)

Back on stands

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Cleaned up the rear beam bolts a bit

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Dragged this out, you may remember from earlier in the thread!

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Couple of hours later...

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This is why the bolts were manky, exposed to the elements


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Spent some time trying to get the torsion bars about right, I took about 40mm off the OE spec - slam it in the weeds!

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And....back on its wheels!

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I will need to take the front subframe off again, but I wanted it on its wheels so I can roll it outside to do some sand blasting on the engine bay - hope that will allow me to prep and paint it now most of the welding is done. I also want to coat the subframe and wishbones in gravitex.
 
Tried remounting the back doors as Steve did with the 11, but it was a pain in the arse. I drilled the hinges out, but getting them to line up is a fecking nightmare game. I think the pillar doesnt sit in exactly the same place after the sill change.

Looks OK when closed but only as it's hooked up on the striker plate and doesnt close smoothly. Got pissed off in the end and sacked it off. And these are not the original doors, they were rotten and I took these off a povvo spec 9 I bought for a nifty with a blown HG in about 2004. Don't like trying to bend the hinges so the door fits, it feels horrible.

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Them valver stealies suit the car amazingly, I think you should consider running them on it permanently (y)
 
Them valver stealies suit the car amazingly, I think you should consider running them on it permanently (y)
I only have three. No idea where the fourth one went, I did have the set of 4. They actually came with the Fuego back in the day. I put the spare on the car and the flat wheel/tyre in the boot around 2005, no idea what happened to it after that.
 
Of course, I got a bit done over the xmas break but not a huge amount, as I needed to do the BIG service on her Clio, inc a Clutch, so I pulled the whole lot out. Behold the 75 screaming horsepowers of the 1.2 8v Clio!

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I did drag the 9 out to rearrange the garage to do this

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Once the Clio was sorted I decided to roll the 9 out and get busy with my sand blast gun and 20kg of blast media


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Tried to catch as much as I could for re-use

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Not bad, lost about 30% I reckon

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Sieved it back in to the bucket, amazing the crap thats in there, got this amount out for each sieve full!

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Then I put it back on stands, dropped the subframe off again and stripped it, cleaned and prepped it for gravitex coating.

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Got the car ready for some primer too

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And applied some stuff!

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Epoxy primer in the engine bay, more to stop it rusting than anything but it turned out pretty well, might dump some colour in there and see how it turns out!

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good update, so...... will the 9 be on the road in 2022? im sure you said it was going to make it to RRG 2021.......😜

I think you should reconsider them steelies too, such an epic wheel. Id actually be tempted to go wide (RS) body kit on my twingo just to run them! such a favourite wheel of mine, suits most things. That 9, low on them would be super sexy (y)
 
Good job . Looks well in primer , I’d paint it while it’s masked up . Wanted to blast a few areas on the 5 so have turned the roll over jig mobile . What medium did you use ?
 
I want to paint the very least amount possible myself, as I am terrible at it and far too impatient to ever get a proper finish. The back is for protection in case I need to leave it outside under a cover for a bit (more on that in coming weeks :) ) and the engine bay so I can refit the engine. Given the shambles it was before even my piss poor paint will be a considerable improvement hahaha.

620 Renault Silver

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Away we go

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While that was drying off I built the subframe back up

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More paint

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If any painters came and looked at it they would punch in square in the nose - but - it'll do!

Clear coat

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Got a bit too close and ended up with some runs on the drivers side turret but I left it be as this will be covered by the brase reservoir and bracket anyway lol

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Could be better, could be worse :)

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Love this colour, will look fine when everything is built up in the bay.
Looking at clouds of paint mist though.....you'll find lots of stuff in your garage has a grainy covering, the fecker gets everywhere!
 
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