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I fitted sequential winkicators to my door mirrors this arvo. They are much, much brighter than the standard ones. I would recommend this mod.

Hi its not the rack, probably a top mount bearing been bashed to death by the lack of damping. Steve.

So, today my new alloy casting arrived. I followed this guy's YouTube guide, which told me everything I needed to do for the job (with the exception of removing the handle actuator, which was easily sorted). So, here's the new casting in place. I have temporarlily remounted the LED lamps from the old casting, but they will be replaced by the new ones when they arrive. I used some red rubber grease to help seal one lamp in - but I'll clean it out and perhaps use some silicone sealer when I fit the new ones, as I'm not a fan of the 'crime scene' effect it gave the car. To answer my own silly question - the bolts are M3 16, which I got from my 'come in handy' drawer. As I'm using stainless screws into an alloy casting, I gave the threads a generous gob of copper grease. The bolt is really awkward to do up - but I managed to find a use for a little ratchet driver I've had gathering dust for a couple of years, which did the job perfectly with just a hex bit fitted in it. The only pain in the parts aspect of the job is that the number plate needs to be removed to get the casting out of the car. No problem if it's held in by bolts, but mine was held in by sticky pads. Luckily I had some spares - but cleaning the old foam off was a bit of a pain... If it wasn't for that, this is a job you could comfortably do in an hour or so. Once you have the old casting out, you can take it away from the car and switch the parts from old to new in the comfort of your house, rather than stretching over the boot lid outside.

Hi if you replace the shocks and top mounts the springs are a must Kilen or KYB are good units I have used both on my taxis and they all gave excellent milage about 100k, and possibly get some new tie rods and ends, you will soon see where the extra money went with vastly Improved handling and the extra life you get from the tyres, in fact there is no way of checking spring compression rates without specialised equipment which none of us mere mortals possess and if you start with all new they will wear nicely as a set. I can honestly say that over the 970,000 miles I have covered between four vehicles whenever I have changed my suspension the difference in ride has been like night/day and well worth the money as its like driving from new again. If you eventually get to do the backs just replace the shocks as rear springs get less of a hard time its only damper failure that snaps them I often watch other cabbies on the motorway where the rear wheel springs bounce over the bumps like Zebedee where the shocks are knackered and should only bounce once or twice instead of going up and down like crazy because the spring is doing all the work, nothing is making the spring compression gradual. Steve.

Looking OK is not good enough. When you take them off measure their length. Old springs will be weak and short.

Hi all. Heres a wee pic of mine 👍