The front bottom arms of my coupes front suspension have been cut, extended, and sleeved and rewelded.

I now have to mot it and my local garage say they can't pass it because of that… plus a million other things admittedly…

Is this normal for the front lower wishbone, or should I replace it?

Thanks in advance for your help

J

It is just the cheap way of making them negative camber. Some MOT stations don't like it as there is no real way to prove that the welds will hold. You could replace them with either adjustable or negative camber. The only other way, if you are confident that they are fine, is to find a more sympathetic tester, but I think new arms is the way forward.

Exactly as Tim says

But you could just get a couple of standard arms for the MOT, then swap them back afterwards - or buy some tidier extended ones. All the big mini parts suppliers sell them.

Thanks Tim

That's what I was hoping. It's odd though, there doesn't seem to be a lot of negative camber on the front

Incidently I think I chatted to you once or twice on the old ppc forum? I'm nearly there with it finally!

Blimey, you two were quick!

Thanks a lot

Oh! And welcome to the board!

Thanks mate, I've been lurking for a while, but I'm slightly ashamed at how long my recommissioning work has taken…

Welcome to the forum Joel. Yes it was me you were talking to. I wouldn't worry about how long it took to get the car done. You haven't seen how far off mine is at the moment!!

I'm using 1.5 degree on the front of mine and adjustable on the back. Worth getting the tracking set up properly, especially at the rear, as when the Coupe is set up badly the hedge magnet gets turned on!

Has yours still got the 1.4k in it?

Yep. Now rebuilt with steel dowels and the mls gasket that everyone seems to prefer.

The car's been sat for so long though that most of the electrical system needs cleaning up. I hate wiggling wires and sanding contacts

Dunk them in cheap diet cola overnight.

Or better still, dunk them in milkstone remover (from your local farm supplies shop) for 2 minutes.

Before you buy new arms do some checking on the length

Wondered where you had got too

welcome to the new board

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I have a pair of genuine GTM modified bottom arms which are done so well they are almost indistinguishable from standard.





You are welcome to these if you want them.

Thanks for advice everyone,

gtmdriver, how much would you want for them? They look like they fit the bill. Have you got an end to end dimension possibly?

Cheers again

J

Certainly have.



The are heavy. Standard parcel post will be £4.20.

How about £12.00 including p&p?