Tornado red 16v ABF jenveys

Fuel pumps turned up today fitted them but had immobiliser problem, anyone know about vectra immobilisers? light keeps flashing, prob will have to remove the thing!!
Sorted dent on wing and passenger door, just need to remove the rest of the glass and then maybe i can get the panels primed, then i can wet flat it with 800 and get it real straight

 

Still can`t get immobiliser to go off any ideas? just stays as flashing red light, think i might have to remove the thing!!

 

post in the electrical forum, a few geniuses in there might be able to help you

 

disconnected battery overnight and reconnected today with immobiliser key plugged in and 5 mins later all ok so got fuel pumps primed and can now check injectors for flow.

 

I know you said "don't tell me it's unsafe" But.... just an uneducated theory...

Take a fast corner hard. The weight of the car shifts sideways as the tyres grip. The force presses from your hub to your wheel centre. This pushes the inside edge of the lips on your RS, which are normally held to some extent by the tyres. So no real force on the bolts?

Take the corner again with the centres mounted on the outside of the lips. The tyres grip, the hub still pushes on the centre, but that is on the outside of the dish so the only thing preventing it from popping off is the bolts?

Is it still safe? Not trying being to be smart, genuine question. Are the bolts up to the job?

 

Not quite right I think. People reverse mount BBS LM's all the time and they are set up like that. What about the centre/rim on the inside of the car when you are cornering, its seeing the opposite forces from the outside wheel.

Doesnt look right though IMO.

 

Bolts are upto the job, and that is why the backface is machined so both lips sit ON centre, as said BBS LM are already machined for this. I understand your concerns though

 

Your making fast progress on this!! Are you a car painter by trade?

 

I wish i was making fast progress, Seems to have been in the same place for ages.

I do all sorts of repairs mostly classic stuff thats why i haven`t got it done yet as to many other cars to finish

 

I really wish I could do bodywork. Mine needs a good respray tbh

 

you could always pop in and i`ll take a look for you or i`ll hopefully get to the london meet soon

 

I suppose 30 or so small bolts are as strong or stronger than the 4 that hold the whole lot in place! Look forward to seeing this finished

 

While I was pushing it around the workshop I managed to dent the bonnet so had to straighten it out.

 

Pic of drivers side showing previous repair to drivers door, clearly see the colour difference on the top part of the door

 

I just remembered that the golf came with a brand new Clifford g4 alarm in the box, what are people's views on these? I have done some reading up and some say that are sh*t and some say great (if wired properly)
So has anyone had one and what's your view on it?
Cheers

 

I had one and it was great. But then it was installed and set up well

 

will ring round and get a proffesional installer in as i hate wiring, I thought it can`t be bad and prob due to faulty wiring already in there vehicle

 

Will be mint when it's finished
Good work and keep it up
thanks
16oak

 

quick pic of wheel



Started to remove immoberliser today but most of the dash has got to come out, but will be worth it!

 

finally removed immobiliser today



One injector is working one has a dribble the other two nothing, but unfortunatley some thieving scumbags broke into my workshop through the roof in the night, Must have been looking for money as nothing was taken apart from my Iphone5, the only night i`ve ever left it there!!!! still they didn`t get in through the shutter and nick everything