Bobberoo’s Ford Fetish Thread (Warning: Contains Peanut)
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Today my Ring doorbell told me that Parcelfarce tried to deliver Rio's replacement mirror, so upon arrival home I checked, and found the little bit of paper telling me I needed to retrieve it from our local Post office, which after a walk down to meet Mrs Bobbers from work I duly did!!!
We got back home via the Post office, prepared tea and got it on to cook, then went out to attempt to fit his new mirror.......
That took literally 10 minutes!!!
A bit of trim removed, a screw and a nut, a clip and two electrical connectors, done!!!
We got back home via the Post office, prepared tea and got it on to cook, then went out to attempt to fit his new mirror.......
That took literally 10 minutes!!!
A bit of trim removed, a screw and a nut, a clip and two electrical connectors, done!!!
It's time for another nupdate, I've noticed that around 60ish there's a wobble from one of the wheels, I've known for a while that one of them has a slight buckle, so I threw caution to the wind and bought another wheel off of EvilBay, was on for £57.60, a particularly random amount from a car recycling company, put an offer in for £50 delivered and to my amazement they accepted!!!
Hopefully it will be no worse than the ones that are already on Rio!!!
Hopefully it will be no worse than the ones that are already on Rio!!!
And so my little chickadees it is time for another episode of.........."Where's Rio this time?!?!?"
And the answer of course is the Pistonheads 25th anniversary event at Bicester!!!
It was a great morning with lots to see, time spent with some friends, hi Byker28i, spikeyhead, Turn7, Mrs Turn7 and Scrump, and some absolutely stunning cars!!!
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If you've been following the thread then you're a sad, sad person, but I'm incredibly grateful!!!
I noticed a wobble from a buckled wheel and that both the front tyres were wearing in the inside, so I decided to go to a small local place to get them to balance the front tyres and look at the tracking, well........it didn't exactly go how I expected it too!!!!
The "mechanic" there was summoned to look at Rio, he was an unpleasant sort, who proceeded to tell me that there was no way he'd do the balancing or tracking without replacing the front tyres, when I explained that all I wanted was what I'd asked for as the car was getting new tyres after its MOT next month when we got back from holiday, I also tried to explain that part of the reason it was scrubbing the tyres was due to it being lowered, and that's the point at which he told me that my car was completely stock, tried to bounce the front up and down by pushing on the front wing and when he failed to get it to move much declared that the front shocks were f
ked and needed replacing too!!! 
Suffice to say that I left, and took the car somewhere else, who charged me £89 to do a four wheel alignment, which appears to have made the car even worse!!!
I've come to this conclusion after putting 140 miles on Rio today going too and from Bicester, he feels quite skittish over broken surfaces now, pulls slightly to the right under hard acceleration and the wobble is just downright fking annoying!!! 
Sssoooo, I took him to a place I've used before, explained the situation, ordered 4 new Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2's, asked for him to have another 4 wheel alignment and for them to find which wheel is buckled and swap it for the replacement one I've picked up, and so he's booked in for this on Tuesday afternoon!!!
In the meantime I jacked him up, whipped the wheels off, pulled the pads and deglazed them, checked all the bushes and generally had a nose around, it all looks good under there still, and I'm pleased to say there's plenty of pad left after over a year of driving and a track day!!!
Obligatory pic of a dewheeled Rio, complete with not so shiny EBC braided brake hoses!!!!
Unfortunately I did find a rather disturbing amount of oily crap all over the drivers side of the engine, driveshaft, lower control arm and inner wheel well!!!
I suspect that if I don't attempt to clean this up Rio will fail his MOT, however I'm of a mind to let that happen and instruct the garage to fix the issue!!!!
If you've made it this far, I'm both impressed, and dismayed in equal measure, as it probably means that you really don't have anything better to do!!!!
And the answer of course is the Pistonheads 25th anniversary event at Bicester!!!
It was a great morning with lots to see, time spent with some friends, hi Byker28i, spikeyhead, Turn7, Mrs Turn7 and Scrump, and some absolutely stunning cars!!!
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If you've been following the thread then you're a sad, sad person, but I'm incredibly grateful!!!
I noticed a wobble from a buckled wheel and that both the front tyres were wearing in the inside, so I decided to go to a small local place to get them to balance the front tyres and look at the tracking, well........it didn't exactly go how I expected it too!!!!
The "mechanic" there was summoned to look at Rio, he was an unpleasant sort, who proceeded to tell me that there was no way he'd do the balancing or tracking without replacing the front tyres, when I explained that all I wanted was what I'd asked for as the car was getting new tyres after its MOT next month when we got back from holiday, I also tried to explain that part of the reason it was scrubbing the tyres was due to it being lowered, and that's the point at which he told me that my car was completely stock, tried to bounce the front up and down by pushing on the front wing and when he failed to get it to move much declared that the front shocks were f
ked and needed replacing too!!! Suffice to say that I left, and took the car somewhere else, who charged me £89 to do a four wheel alignment, which appears to have made the car even worse!!!
I've come to this conclusion after putting 140 miles on Rio today going too and from Bicester, he feels quite skittish over broken surfaces now, pulls slightly to the right under hard acceleration and the wobble is just downright f
king annoying!!! Sssoooo, I took him to a place I've used before, explained the situation, ordered 4 new Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2's, asked for him to have another 4 wheel alignment and for them to find which wheel is buckled and swap it for the replacement one I've picked up, and so he's booked in for this on Tuesday afternoon!!!
In the meantime I jacked him up, whipped the wheels off, pulled the pads and deglazed them, checked all the bushes and generally had a nose around, it all looks good under there still, and I'm pleased to say there's plenty of pad left after over a year of driving and a track day!!!
Obligatory pic of a dewheeled Rio, complete with not so shiny EBC braided brake hoses!!!!
Unfortunately I did find a rather disturbing amount of oily crap all over the drivers side of the engine, driveshaft, lower control arm and inner wheel well!!!
I suspect that if I don't attempt to clean this up Rio will fail his MOT, however I'm of a mind to let that happen and instruct the garage to fix the issue!!!!
If you've made it this far, I'm both impressed, and dismayed in equal measure, as it probably means that you really don't have anything better to do!!!!
Sai said:
Hopefully Rio is cheap and easy fix. .
All the best to you and Peanut
Still enjoying the thread massively, keep up the great work.
Aaawww, much appreciated Sai!!. All the best to you and Peanut
Still enjoying the thread massively, keep up the great work.
Turn7 said:
Ey up Bobbers !Good to catch up at Bicester, hope you had a good day.......
I trust you both had a good day too???
Bobberoo said:
It was lovely meeting you and your good lady Turn7, and yes i had a great day, lots to see, plenty of food and drink available, and a really nice atmosphere!!
I trust you both had a good day too???
Very much so, managed to get home dry, which I didnt think would happen tbh I trust you both had a good day too???
Turn7 said:
Bobberoo said:
It was lovely meeting you and your good lady Turn7, and yes i had a great day, lots to see, plenty of food and drink available, and a really nice atmosphere!!
I trust you both had a good day too???
Very much so, managed to get home dry, which I didnt think would happen tbh I trust you both had a good day too???
Scrump said:
Good to see you at Bicester.
Hope you had a good time.
It was good to see you Scrump, sorry we lost you after the readers cars section, i think you wandered off and met up with some others!!!Hope you had a good time.
It was an excellent day, very well managed, lots to see, and a really good atmosphere, please let Ben and the others know!!
Bobberoo said:
Turn7 said:
Bobberoo said:
It was lovely meeting you and your good lady Turn7, and yes i had a great day, lots to see, plenty of food and drink available, and a really nice atmosphere!!
I trust you both had a good day too???
Very much so, managed to get home dry, which I didnt think would happen tbh I trust you both had a good day too???
Turn7 said:
Bobberoo said:
Turn7 said:
Bobberoo said:
It was lovely meeting you and your good lady Turn7, and yes i had a great day, lots to see, plenty of food and drink available, and a really nice atmosphere!!
I trust you both had a good day too???
Very much so, managed to get home dry, which I didnt think would happen tbh I trust you both had a good day too???
Well now, I'd like to ask you dear readers, what would you do if a supposed main dealer charged you £89 to do your wheel alignment, you felt it was still wrong, took your car to another place and when they put it on their equipment it showed this????
And when the new place started to make the adjustments discovered that the rear passenger side adjuster was seized solid!!!
I will be going back to the original garage and asking them to explain what they actually did, I shall of course try my best to remain calm, but I'm confident that not only will I get nowhere but it will end in me losing my rag.
And when the new place started to make the adjustments discovered that the rear passenger side adjuster was seized solid!!!
I will be going back to the original garage and asking them to explain what they actually did, I shall of course try my best to remain calm, but I'm confident that not only will I get nowhere but it will end in me losing my rag.
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