Lee's Garage

[lee303]

pics of said brakes, they are nicely machined as you can see…




but i'm pretty sure this shouldn't be able to happen!!!


lets hope the rest of it is right, nothing to measure it with at home…

[The Simps]

Whats wrong with that above Lee? I'm failing to see the obvious!

[The Simps]

Just read the last page - ignore me!

[lee303]

righty, HI SPEC ARE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there, that feels better!
here is what hi spec sent me instead of some bells with 4 12.5mm holes at 100mm pcd, i got 4 tapped M10 holes at 96mm!! ffs

so that didn't leave me much option tbh! i did ring them but the woman said i must be lying!! to say i was un-impressed was an understatement! i ended up re-drilling them correctly, but even the centre hole is the wrong size, meaning i had to drill the hub for two lug screws to hold the disc centrally, managed to do it spot on but am fuming that it comes to this, i will be billing hi spec for the work!!!
as you can see, not a good fit!

compared to the old bells

and what i had to do to sort it



luckily we had a manta hub to use as a template as the M10 holes were at the correct pcd for the manta inner bolts, so i could drill through the hub to the bell to make it accurate
cam out well in the end but what a total **** up hi spec are
they will give the desired clearance in the wheel once the brackets are done though



will start them tomorrow...
anyways, happier times, painted the spoiler


looks nice black i think...
and Brian is cracking on with the V6, he got the pullies and stuff on today, but neither of us could remember the timing procedure so will finish that tomorrow, think he should have a sealed ready to fit tb'd v6 by tomorrow avo






but now the really good news, Alex turned up with the 'bite my…' sticker for the boot, and the shonky opels stickers too!!!



they are totally brilliant, got some camcover text ones too in the same font, so top top banana to him for that, excellent work mate

[Benn]

Cant believe how sh*te the centers are, did she really say you where lieing?

Look good after tho, spoiler looks cool. You'll be Mr down force soon..

[lee303]

yup! i was a bit stunned by her attitude tbh, have sent them pics etc and another email, will be gutting an invoice to them on monday

and yeah, spoiler has come out well, kinda finishes the look of the car nicely imo

[Benn]

Good man!

[Fow16v]

that service is shocking, did they offer any help at all? car is looking awsome now

[lee303]

they said i could send them back, and they old check them and make new ones if what i said was true
tbh though, having ****ed them up once my faith in them has gone, and i need to get the car done, so waiting another week for bells didn't appeal, i wouldn't mind but they phoned me three times for the same information during the order and even told me they had done lots of novas so had the pcd etc on file, just very poor service all round imo

[eggman]

nothing beats a good name and shame lol why could u not of replaced the disks that were on your other bells??

[lee303]

wanted to go smaller and couldn't find any discs to suit the pcd of the original bells

[peester]

does shock a little with the brakes.. quite funny about what the hi-spec woman said.. stickers look ace

[jr@corsasport]

Stickers lmao

[Brian_S]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

[@ndy]

Hi-Spec are bell-ends then..........

Shonky Opels sticker is very nice!

When is Brian hoping to get the car finished by?

[flatout]

Those brakes are shocking mate!! Glad its all sorted tho plus the stickers are kewl

[peester]

over 400,000 views now this thread..

[lee303]

Hi-Spec are bell-ends then..........

Shonky Opels sticker is very nice!

When is Brian hoping to get the car finished by?

yup, they sure are!

i'm totally chuffed with the shonky stickers, they look ace, and as for Brian, the car will be done for our trip to germany on the 21st of May

[spanishfly]

Wow just read the brakes thing! Won't be going for Hi spec when I get my rotors and bells sorted!

[lee303]

now i would just got for universal ones from rally design tbh and machine them myself, seems the better option by far...

anyway, repainted the spoiler today as it looked a bit patchy, also did the rain gutter trims too, as i thought they looked odd in grey…




also took a whole car shot just for willay...xx

needs a bloody clean though…lmao

Brian meanwhile was painting stuff too, after we got his cambelt on…


he's currently finishing porting on his inlet manifolds, then will bolt them on, and next week we get to have a go at making an exhaust!!

did have a look at my brake brackets too, will order the ally i need tomorrow and make them tuesday night with any luck, might even get a drive in it next weekend, who knows...

[William]

nice man

[The Simps]

That cam belt is almost as long as my....

I think you need to paint your front spoiler black aswell lee. Spoiler looks much better now its painted.

[lee303]

nah sod that, i like the alloy look at the front tbh, might get rid of the up turns on the side of it though, and make some bumper flip ups instead...

[MikeITB]

Spoiler looks much better now. I saw it was patchy before but assumed it was a first coat...

Actually love your Nova

[lee303]

yeah, the first coat was ****e!! wasn't in the nod for painting having to mod the brake bells too much...and cheers, i like it too