IPD continue to leach on my visa card

aardvarkash10 · Jan 26th, 2018, 09:14

Order placed for a new O2 sensor and since the postage is already happening, poly bushes and new end links for the front anti-sway bar.

Hopefully that will address his current greed and "tea clipper" approach to cornering.

For those keeping score, $115 USD all up. Given the O2 sensor and end links are upward of $80NZD EACH here, I'm satisfied

106719 Oxygen Sensor - Universal 3 Wire $48.95
110732 Front Sway Bar End Link 2 $23.90
106891 HD Front Sway Bar Bushing Kit - Turbo Models $34.95

Laird Scooby · Jan 26th, 2018, 19:58

$$$ ouch!!!

aardvarkash10 · Jan 27th, 2018, 03:25

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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

$$$ ouch!!!

Fast cars are still cheaper than fast women...

Laird Scooby · Jan 27th, 2018, 14:58

Fast women usually take the car with them when they leave - and the house!
Just like hurricanes, perhaps that's why hurricanes are named after women..............

aardvarkash10 · Feb 7th, 2018, 06:43

woohoo! Urethane goodness and platinum love

aardvarkash10 · Feb 10th, 2018, 02:33

Well THAT was worth it!

Fitted all the new sway bar parts today. The kit comes with sway bar mounting brackets and urethane bushes PLUS urethane bushes for the drop links.

The new drop links were just rubber-bushed and tbh the old links were ok except for the bushes on the sway bar end. I put the new drop links on anyway with the urethane bushes in them.

Easy fitting job. You only need 14, 15 and 17mm spanners and sockets - 1/2 inch drive gear is a must - the fixings were VERY solid and took some releasing. Would have been nice to have a 17mm racheting ring spanner for the drop link bolts but otherwise not hard. 1/2 hour job. $60 USD all up in parts, and about $10USd in freight.

Moomin likes it. A small "clunk" on cornering is gone (it was the old bushings taking up I suspect) and body roll is reduced. Still not brilliant with early and soft suspension movement but thats a result of elderly shocks that are essentially the same as a bike pump these days.

Next suspension job is the lowering and when all that stuff is out I'll do the shocks and the rest of the bushings at the same time.

bob12 · Feb 10th, 2018, 12:36

Any import tax?

aardvarkash10 · Feb 11th, 2018, 02:00

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Originally Posted by bob12

Any import tax?

Nope. Anything purchased and imported from overseas at the moment doesn't incur importation taxes as long as the landed cost is less than $400. This is due to change, but its contentious, so its on the governmental back burner...

aardvarkash10 · Feb 16th, 2018, 23:13

New Lambda sensor fitted.

What a pig of a position - I bought an offset removal tool to get to it but could only get slightly less that 60 degrees of rotation and the tool was six-point, not 12. Fortunately, the thread "cracked" at the first 45 degrees and I could unscrew it by hand.

The rest went pretty straightforward. Off for a road test now!

Jimsiss · Feb 18th, 2018, 21:42

Was that the lambda on a turbo downpipe? If so its a pain to get at.

Jan 26th, 2018, 09:14	#1
aardvarkash10 Master Member Last Online: Oct 8th, 2022 22:22 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Auckland	IPD continue to leach on my visa card Order placed for a new O2 sensor and since the postage is already happening, poly bushes and new end links for the front anti-sway bar. Hopefully that will address his current greed and "tea clipper" approach to cornering. For those keeping score, $115 USD all up. Given the O2 sensor and end links are upward of $80NZD EACH here, I'm satisfied 106719 Oxygen Sensor - Universal 3 Wire $48.95 110732 Front Sway Bar End Link 2 $23.90 106891 HD Front Sway Bar Bushing Kit - Turbo Models $34.95

Jan 26th, 2018, 19:58	#2
Laird Scooby Premier Member Last Online: Today 20:33 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lakenheath	$$$ ouch!!! __________________ Cheers Dave Next Door to Top-Gun with a Honda CR-V & S Type Jag Volvo gone but not forgotten........

Jan 27th, 2018, 14:58	#4
Laird Scooby Premier Member Last Online: Today 20:33 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lakenheath	Fast women usually take the car with them when they leave - and the house! Just like hurricanes, perhaps that's why hurricanes are named after women.............. __________________ Cheers Dave Next Door to Top-Gun with a Honda CR-V & S Type Jag Volvo gone but not forgotten........

Feb 18th, 2018, 21:42	#10
Jimsiss Senior Member Last Online: Apr 12th, 2024 17:04 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Northwich	Was that the lambda on a turbo downpipe? If so its a pain to get at. __________________ 940 B230FT

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Feb 10th, 2018, 02:33	#6
aardvarkash10 Master Member Last Online: Oct 8th, 2022 22:22 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Auckland	Well THAT was worth it! Fitted all the new sway bar parts today. The kit comes with sway bar mounting brackets and urethane bushes PLUS urethane bushes for the drop links. The new drop links were just rubber-bushed and tbh the old links were ok except for the bushes on the sway bar end. I put the new drop links on anyway with the urethane bushes in them. Easy fitting job. You only need 14, 15 and 17mm spanners and sockets - 1/2 inch drive gear is a must - the fixings were VERY solid and took some releasing. Would have been nice to have a 17mm racheting ring spanner for the drop link bolts but otherwise not hard. 1/2 hour job. $60 USD all up in parts, and about $10USd in freight. Moomin likes it. A small "clunk" on cornering is gone (it was the old bushings taking up I suspect) and body roll is reduced. Still not brilliant with early and soft suspension movement but thats a result of elderly shocks that are essentially the same as a bike pump these days. Next suspension job is the lowering and when all that stuff is out I'll do the shocks and the rest of the bushings at the same time.

Feb 10th, 2018, 12:36	#7
bob12 bob12 Last Online: Yesterday 22:05 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Woking	Any import tax?

Feb 16th, 2018, 23:13	#9
aardvarkash10 Master Member Last Online: Oct 8th, 2022 22:22 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Auckland	New Lambda sensor fitted. What a pig of a position - I bought an offset removal tool to get to it but could only get slightly less that 60 degrees of rotation and the tool was six-point, not 12. Fortunately, the thread "cracked" at the first 45 degrees and I could unscrew it by hand. The rest went pretty straightforward. Off for a road test now!

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