It happens Rob. I go through these phases quite often. Honestly, at this point I just want to get in it and drive it.
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So today i have made a new plan on what is lined up for the old bus in the coming weeks /months and probably years , well maybe years is a bit much but you never know..lol
Evening Richard,I agree Rob, as we well no the 034 cat is rubbish for emissions, and gets worst every year.
I would have failed the test last March if not for a friendly garage guy.
Might have to fit the OEM cat back like you did.
I have the KW on my car for 3 years now, I personally love the handling although they are a bit rough.I've pulled the trigger on new front and rear suspension today.
The current Bilstein B8's with H&R springs have been faultless and still work perfectly , i just want to mess around with rear ride heights a bit more so going to coilovers.
I had a B14 kit sitting in the garage for a while unused , decided last week to sell it on and managed to get my original outlay back, which was handy , well they were new so no reason to let them go for less.
I still wanted to try something else and decided to go with a KW Variant 2 coilover kit for a change.
Having never tried KW before but all the reviews have been excellent I'm hoping they will be as good as the Bilsteins.
just need to wait for them now, that will probably take months...., still something to look forward to.
Can we assume that the 034 products are a bit rubbish?! I had a 034 transmission mount that failed miserably just a bit after a year!!Good news there Rob on a pass again.
The 034 situation is exactly what I was experiencing, every year it was getting harder to get through emissions, in the end it just wouldn't get low enough so I took it off.
I think it's just the way 034 cat go over time, the core just deteriorates over time to the point it won't pass.
I doubt you get through next year Rob , maybe time to think ahead for a replacement solution.
Rob
How do you find the 034 mounts? I still need to buy some replacement mounts and didn't realise theat there was liquid free alternatives out there, and £102 there not much more that a pair of oem style replacementsCan we assume that the 034 products are a bit rubbish?! I had a 034 transmission mount that failed miserably just a bit after a year!!
Saying that I still ordered the 034 engine mounts as I couldn't find anything else liquid free. Fingers crossed!
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Fell in love with them, to be honest the engine is planted, and no noticable vibration! Get the Street Density they are awesome. How much they will live though is still under debate..How do you find the 034 mounts? I still need to buy some replacement mounts and didn't realise theat there was liquid free alternatives out there, and £102 there not much more that a pair of oem style replacements
Thanks for tge reply buddy, i think ill add them to the shopping list thenFell in love with them, to be honest the engine is planted, and no noticable vibration! Get the Street Density they are awesome. How much they will live though is still under debate..
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2x engine mountsThat's going to be a long list now Alex.
You haven't unboxed them yet?? I would have unboxed them and sat them in the living room so I can keep looking at them!!Had a bit of a turn up for the books today.
My KW coil overs were out for delivery and only 9 weeks early....great stuff
I had an email from parcel force to say they were delivering them today, that's just over 2 weeks since I ordered them so very happy, the only downside to it all was that parcel force made a complete and utter hash of delivering them or maybe that should have been didn't deliver them...
Anyway, after a heated discussion with them I lost my patients and just went to my local depot at 4.30 to recover them, parcel force really are utterly useless 99.9% of the time.
currently in the TT boot but hoping to get them on this weekend , I've ordered a new pair of top mounts aswell for the front.
At least one good thing has happened for me this week. View attachment 244739
Lol, I still haven't got over the shock of them getting here so much faster than quoted.
Probably a turbo pipeWell today i have broke my car.
went to accelerate up a slip road and heard a weird sound so pulled over.
not sure what's wrong as it was getting dark, but my car has no power/boost and it sounds like it has no exhaust on it, plus the coil light was flashing.
i'm hoping its something cheap and simple, but knowing my luck it'll be expensive.
yay for me
Howabout some pics of the new shiny bitties Rob?I couldn't resist a quick look in the box, having never tried KW brand before I wasn't sure what to expect to be honest, I've always been a Bilstein preferred component person until now.
At first glance they look very good quality and dare I say build quality looks better than the Bilstien's, welds are way better to start with, hopefully they will be as good performance-wise.