Been a nice weekend for weather and you’d almost think spring was here. So it is appropriate that I have some spring news about the MK. Despite cranking the adjustable springs up on the front of the Indy I couldn’t get the front to return after compressing the suspension. Seems that the spring rates were too low which worried me a little because I inherited the springs with the car when I bought is and they are new so I didn’t really want to have to buy more.

After closer inspection the srings on the rear looked to be a thicker diameter than the front. After checking with a vernier the rear springs were thicker.

I swapped the fronts and rear springs this weekend and guess what? Yep the car now has proper suspension! The front spring rates are obviously higher than the rears. It now sits properly at the front and returns to normal ride height after compressions.

I’ve ordered a brand new 94 VW Polo 1.0 radiator from www.radiatorsonline.co.uk/ this afternoon. I should turn up next week at which point I’m going to have to figure out how to fit it, since there are no brackets it could be a good opportunity to try my welding skills (or lack of) out.

I couldn’t wait any longer!

We’d been up really early food shopping for Christmas so by 10:00 I was itching to get out and play a bit.

I wanted to see what the new front suspension and brakes would look like. I’m still short of a couple of nuts so I thought I’d just bolt it all up loosely.

So I decided to get the front wishbones chromed. This turned out to be a pain in the @rse, after ringing round a number of places and being told that we either don’t do that, I’m not sure if I do that, I can do that but it will be by the end of Jan 07!!
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Finally I found a chaps number through pistonheads.com. The job turned out to be a good one and he managed to turn it round a week. Credit to the guy considering it was the week prior to Christmas. So if you need any chroming done and you are near Oldbury in the West Midlands then I can highly recommend Rainbow polishing.

So now I’m set for Christmas week. I have my Christmas WISH-bones back, I have a load of heat shield material for the bulk head and a week off!! Watch this space.