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GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 16:52

a lower ball joint on the front suspension on your corsa? just did it today on my way to meet L33 LEG and go to the northwest corsasport meet. goin down the dual carage way at 60mph and the fucker snapped, and locked the wheel up

i just managed to stop before the roundabout (a cars length away! eeek!)

rang my mate who brought his recovery lorry down.

the car is now back at my house, and i missed the corsasport meet

here is a pic of where it snapped!

http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pooycow/detail?.dir=/My+Photos&.dnm=b64f.jpg

[Edited on 09-02-2004 by GLSi GUY]

Nismo

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8th Feb 04 at 17:04

nah me mate snapped his banjo string thou

Pablo

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8th Feb 04 at 17:06

Our holiday rep mate did that

m-dot

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8th Feb 04 at 17:09

lol seen pics of it... hehe unlucky

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 17:14

good thing my bumper wasnt ready last week, or else that would have been fucked!

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 18:10

http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pooycow/detail?.dir=/My+Photos&.dnm=634e.jpg

Adam-D

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8th Feb 04 at 18:14

oooo feck at least u didnt lose it and hit sommit unlucky m8 hope it dont cost too much to fix

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 18:19

shouldnt cost too much to fix. just need new ball joint. they are piss easy to fit too. i think i will do the other side aswell while i am at it.

i think its probably cos of the ET35 offset, 205 wide wheels, -60 suspension, 80K mikes in 4 years! and living in the countryside with loads of potholes that did it. lol

[Edited on 08-02-2004 by GLSi GUY]

Demo

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8th Feb 04 at 20:10

quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
nah me mate snapped his banjo string thou

he he. my mate did this while shoving it up his missus ass in the middle of his living room on the carpet. can remember him telling me of the huge loss of blood onto the carpet and the speedy reaction he had to have to try and clean it up. pmsl.

Adam-D

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8th Feb 04 at 20:11

quote:
Originally posted by GLSi GUY
shouldnt cost too much to fix. just need new ball joint. they are piss easy to fit too. i think i will do the other side aswell while i am at it.

i think its probably cos of the ET35 offset, 205 wide wheels, -60 suspension, 80K mikes in 4 years! and living in the countryside with loads of potholes that did it. lol

[Edited on 08-02-2004 by GLSi GUY]

how many miles ure car done?

thinking i might change mine seems to be a few of these that have snapped recently

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 21:22

lol, yeah 80.000 miles. and i go through tires like crazy.

wonder how much the ball joints are to replace? apparently they are not expensive.
anyone know?

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 21:24

i'll get some pics up tomorrow of the balljoint for you all to see where it snapped.

like i said, my car is only 4 years old, but done high mileage.

M4tt

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8th Feb 04 at 21:45

blimely fella, thats some mileage you do!

Adam-D

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8th Feb 04 at 21:46

my car has done 65k
thats what happed to brads corsa and his got wrote off

GLSi GUY

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8th Feb 04 at 21:53

yeah i heard about that.

i wonder if there are any stronger ones that you can buy? eg from a place that makes its for rally corsas?
hmmm

starkmotorsport

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8th Feb 04 at 22:25

You can get stronger BBJ's from www.protecperformance.co.uk but these arent worth it for just road going cars.

L33 LEG

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8th Feb 04 at 22:54

quote:
Originally posted by GLSi GUY
a lower ball joint on the front suspension on your corsa? just did it today on my way to meet L33 LEG and go to the northwest corsasport meet. goin down the dual carage way at 60mph and the fucker snapped, and locked the wheel up i just managed to stop before the roundabout (a cars length away! eeek!)

rang my mate who brought his recovery lorry down.

the car is now back at my house, and i missed the corsasport meet

gutted about ur car mate, when did it get towed away then and i cnt believe the cops didnt bollock u for ur tyres lol.

GLSi GUY

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9th Feb 04 at 09:40

my mate came for me about an hour later.

cops just gave me some cones, then went.

i was shitting myself when they came, i thought that they would have said summet about the tires, but i would have told them that it was cos the front brakes locked. lol

Shelly

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