Wall o words incoming....
So some updates of sorts. Didn't end up changing insurance so just continuing to get reamed by Shannons. Though my premiums did go down by whole $10 this year lol. I'm trying to remember what's happened over the last year with the car, around October I gave this car a big and well needed birthday. It copped the entire Superpro Bush catalogue coupled with new rack end, tie rods and lower control arms. Then it went off to Shockworks to finally get a set of coilovers and this really transformed the way the car drives. The shocks had been hammered for quite some time and it really showed once the new gear was in. Chris even liked my ute so much he ended up and going and buying himself a VU SS a couple of weeks later (for someone who's never owned a Holden).
Moving forward to December and I end up with an intermittent starting issue which leaves me stranded and needing to roll start it a couple of times. In an attempt to rectify this its since received new genuine starter motor, key and clutch safety switch. Touch wood its going ok currently. Moving forward to April and I finally get to fix a few more problems I'd been putting off for too long, a leaky rear main, sump gasket and a new more street friendly clutch. Seals were both genuine items and the clutch is an NPC organic which has a nice streetable stock feel whilst being rated for decent abuse and power. The previous clutch which came in the car was great when you got on it, but it was rather heavy and not great generally unless you were launching it. Also threw in some axles and a tailshaft donut both of which had also seen better days.
Now we come to 2 weeks ago and on a dark wet morning on the way to work I hit a couple of potholes and ruined both my front wheels. Somehow the tyres still held ) air (I think being semislicks with beefy sidewalls helped but felt like driving on 50c coins. They don't look that bad off the car, but had the car up on a hoist to check them and they were both so out of round when spun its not funny. So for the time being I've put the rears on the front and 2 of the stock wheels on the rear. The plan is to buy 2 new wheels for the rear in 18x9.5 +35 which should sit almost identical to the existing setup but 1" wider and allow me to run a 265/35/18. Unfortunately after the big hit from the pothole the alignment is still well up the creek, so hanging to get my wheels so I can take it to Shockworks for them to fix the alignment and tune the shocks up a little more (was planned prior to this drama). I'll try and take a photo which shows the wheel damage, but it doesn't really present as bad as it felt.
And for the meantime a photo dump.
At Dave's workshop, who did the clutch, bushes etc.
.Getting aligned at Shockworks
