D.K's LCR, #Projectcarbon. Still alive

[jonjay]

Think of my nice fat wheel as your trophy Daz,

Tom - you got a rear strut brace?

 

[t0m]

Think of my nice fat wheel as your trophy Daz,

Tom - you got a rear strut brace?

LOL..

Maz - No I haven't mate. Darren told me about one earlier though

 

[RS6]

DK your car is p.o.r.n full stop probably the bench mark for every car on this site they will always see your project thread

don't worry about not getting a trophy etc your car turns more heads than half of those i bet on the road

You have a car there to be proud of! now hurry up and go stage 2 on us

 

[jonjay]

LOL..

Maz - No I haven't mate. Darren told me about one earlier though

Prepare yourself to carry some extra speed into corners then.

 

[D.K]

DK your car is p.o.r.n full stop probably the bench mark for every car on this site they will always see your project thread

don't worry about not getting a trophy etc your car turns more heads than half of those i bet on the road

You have a car there to be proud of! now hurry up and go stage 2 on us

I'm running a tweaked stage 1 AmD map, TBH it's not far off what the stage 2 make, maybe next year

 

[t0m]

Prepare yourself to carry some extra speed into corners then.

Is your Eibach a straight fit onto the LCR mate? Also is it 25mm?

 

[James23Parkin]

Hi Darren,

I know it's been mentioned a lot already but I've been to a few of these shows this year, as within previous years, and time and time again I walk away feeling perplexed by the ‘expected standards’! I’ve enjoyed the shows but for me it has gone all a bit predictable, hasn’t it? Either you have a car that has got BBS chrome splits on with its arse on the ground, or you’ve got a car that’s gone marginally OTT…

There are some amazing cars out there, we will all agree, with amazing attention to detail, which really compliments those cars. In my opinion, it’s down to an uneducated audience. If you were to take your car to a generic show and shine event, where standards of finish were paramount, you would fare well, I’m certain.

It completely demoralises me that a well cared for OEM+ car won’t get a shoe- in, but it’s the nature of the beast I think.

You can take a horse to water but you can’t make the horse drink the water… and all that…

Positive support from forum peers counts for an awful lot in my book Darren, and you bucket loads… Chin up mate, you have produced/are producing a stunning LCR example.

Look forward to more updates

 

[RDS]

Hi mate,

Is your creaky RARB issue sorted? mines doing the same so I'm wondering if I should regrease the bushes?

Cheers
Richard

 

[D.K]

Greasing it did stop the noise but I think I put too much on which might have been why the bush's were working in to the middle of the bar, I've cleaned most of it off now and they've not moved and there's no creaking. yet!!!!

 

[D.K]

I picked up a few new bit's this week.
1st up
Forge 10mm hubcentric spacers

Before

After

Before

After

And now for something really special

Mk4 R32 steering wheel

 

[D.K]

And heres one for all of you that dont belive my car ever gets dirty

 

[sambryant]

your car is looking stunning m8. very impressed
the steering wheel looks amazing.

 

[tyrer]

Interesting choice with the mk4 wheel mate. No doubt great wheel. Staying standard leather?


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[J@mes]

looking good Darren, have you only put 10mm spacers on the rear? what about the front? also do you need longer wheel bolts? something I may consider doing, not sure yet tbh.

 

[D.K]

your car is looking stunning m8. very impressed
the steering wheel looks amazing.

Thanks Sam

Interesting choice with the mk4 wheel mate. No doubt great wheel. Staying standard leather?

The R32 wheel is really nice and I got it for a good price, I would prefer to stick with the LCR wheel but mine is quite badly worn and needs a refurb, If I do get mine refurb'd I could refit it and the easily sell the R32 wheel at a later date.
The R32 wheel will be staying as it is, it's almost brand new.

looking good Darren, have you only put 10mm spacers on the rear? what about the front? also do you need longer wheel bolts? something I may consider doing, not sure yet tbh.

Thanks J@mes
Yeah I've only got them on the back at the moment, they might induce a bit of understeer but they are ment to make the car feel more "planted" at speed's and under bracking, Maz ran the same set up for ages with no adverse problems so I'll see how they go.
My plan is to fit 10mm spacers to the front as and when funds allow (more like when the Mrs says I can have them )
You do need longer bolts aswell mate.

 

[FrazerSmith]

nice

 

[J@mes]

Thanks J@mes
Yeah I've only got them on the back at the moment, they might induce a bit of understeer but they are ment to make the car feel more "planted" at speed's and under bracking, Maz ran the same set up for ages with no adverse problems so I'll see how they go.
My plan is to fit 10mm spacers to the front as and when funds allow (more like when the Mrs says I can have them )
You do need longer bolts aswell mate.

I take it you don't have the forge ones as from memory they did 11mm not 10mm, in which case which ones have you got and where did you get them from?

also where did you get your longer wheel bolts from, and how much?

Lastly, is it ok to use 4 longer wheel bolts and the OEM locking wheel nut? (I would have thought you could get away with that?!)

 

[D.K]

I got them off a mate so I'm not too sure on prices,
I think they might be 11mm they are Forge one's
In theory you should be alright with only 4 longer bolts but better to be safe than sorry.
AmD or Badger5 should be able to supply you everything you need to fit them.

 

[J@mes]

ok mate ta!

 

[RDS]

Cheers for the info on the RARB mate. In regard to the spacers, Forge do funny sizes. I've got 11mm on the front and 16mm on the back where as most other spacers would be 10 and 15.