JaiKai

I've only named one of my zeds and look where that got me. I do plan to name the new one but just not found a suitable fit yet, also my boss told me that all cars in her lockup must have a name.

Done two jobs today on the Zed, First took 20 minutes and that was to switch the front discs around as they were on the wrong way. Second job took closer to two and a half hours; why is it the smallest of jobs are the worst ones to do? All I had to do was swap out the front droplinks for new ones, but no one had to get stuck and I ended up getting the grinder out and cutting the damn thing off. Not a job I would like to do again.

If its just dust and dry dirt then try compressed air either using a compressor or buy it in a can. Certainly wouldn't use any sort of pressure washer as that can lead to all sorts of electrical issues.

Just out of curiousity Gary, who does the ID badges for us ? When we revamped the designs of the site and banners we should have done an updated ID card too.

So the you basically flattened it out. Need to check the size of the disc I have and if it will clear the new calliper.

That's one of the reasons I like to take plenty of pictures and post them up here, so folks like yourself can point out the things needing fixed.

Thanks for the spot, just found the proper manual on ksports site; will get these sorted before the wheels go back on. :)

Don't have instructions as I picked these up second hand, although they are in nearly new condition. Are you talking about the inner parts of the disc ? So just swap the left and right fronts and its sorted ?

So need to replace all of the bushes on the knuckle shown below, apart from burning the hell out of them. Does anybody recommend a tool that can press them out ? I've already tried using the socket method and they wont budge.

Fitting my big brake setup and managed to do the fronts easy enough but having issues with the back. The biggest being the brake dust shield for the OEM brakes. As you need the inner part of the shield for the handbrake what does everyone do in terms of separating the shield or trimming it back ? Its looks spot welded so i'm presuming you just drill out the welds or do people just cut off the larger piece ?

Depends what you want to do. I've went for a full complement of parts and redone nearly everything : Rear Traction Rods - £89 Rear Camber Arms - £119 Rear Lower Arms £215 Rear Toe Rods - £129 Rear HICAS Eliminator - £179 Front Upper Camber Arms - £179 Front Lower Arms - £199 Front Geomaster Tension Rods - £119 Front Geomaster Tie Rods - £79 Individually they are expensive but they do sets if your planning on buying a few of them. Also 0% interest free option over 12 months which I took as I had so much stuff.

Took the front bumper off so here's a better look at the new front setup

Lastly fitted my 99 spec rear lights so the zed is looking more like a zed now.

next issue is the brake dust covers, in order to fit the big brakes I need to trim these down. By the looks of it they look like they are two piece but are welded together. Anybody else had to trim these down to fit larger brakes ?

After a few hours and lots of pain I finally got the back end of the zed stripped. Managed to disassemble the left side hub and knuckle without issue but I have a stuck bolt on the other with no way to get it off. I have a large breaker bar but I don't have a vice or a way to keep the hub from moving as I try to turn the bolt.

You do know its a series 4 Hicas unit and as such its non hydraulic ! I'm sure I have the ECU kicking about somewhere, I'll do both for £115 posted as it weighs a ton and now a hard to get part.

Now fitted on both sides.

£10 posted you can have them. I'll take them off to save weight and give them a good clean. Wont get them posted until Monday if that's ok

Then onto the back I managed to strip only down to the hub as I never has a large enough socket to get the large bolt in the middle off. I need to remove the full hub and the knuckle in order to get all the bushes replaced for poly one. Also removed the HICAS unit as I have a lockout bar to fit. These joints were a bugger to get off but I eventually attached them with one of those spider puller thingamabobs. HICAS was electronic so easy unplug and remove. :) Below is everything that was removed today and no longer needed so up for grabs. Also got 4 original zed wheels with tyres.

Back to the garage tonight for a few hours and completed the passenger side hub.

I'm heading over to the garage tonight to fit the other side of my suspension / arms / brakes and wheel. I'll get some details pics. I've used them before on my last build and I thought they were great, along with the geomaster version of the front arms it gives more clearance behind the wheel.

Started on the other side today and after nearly three hours I only managed to strip everything down. The other side was much easier but fate had it that I had some bolts and nuts that were happy where they were and had no plans to move. But they eventually were persuaded to budge. Also got my new car cover so fitted that too to keep things nice and clean.

ok, Answering my own question here but i'm presuming its a safety feature to stop the steering control arm hitting the arm. EDIT. To stop your wheel hitting something that's not suppose to, by adjusting the bracket in or out it limits the steering. Great team work on this, thanks :)

Just fitted the first one of these to my new zed but I was wondering what is the point of the gold bracket ? I can't see any reason for it to be there.