The 289 Register

South Region Members, I will be at The Trooper Inn, Froxfield, Petersfield, GU32 1BD from 6:30pm to 9:00pm on Thursday 9th July for their first Classic car meeting since lock down. Please join me if you can and give your car a much needed run out. Hope to see you there. Regards Ian Millar The 289 Re...

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Sorry I missed this folks - seems to be working ok with this 3.3MB one. Let me know if anything odd continues happening...

Well I checked with Gerry and he said the packers were optional - included to lower suspension if required. Removing them would raise the car. I really, really, REALLY should have measured before making the change. Fffff...fiddlesticks. Anyway - my better half has invited a government-approved numbe...

Okay - I am befuddled... I removed the two packers on the passenger side, put it all back together and then measured the top of the wheel rim to the wheel arch on both sides. On the passenger side the distance is 7 1/8", and on the drivers side, 7 1/2". This was after bouncing the back end up and do...

If you still have it, would you part with it for £30?

I'll give that a try, thanks. It is definitely the rear clamp at the lowest point that is taking the hits.

I have some polybush spring pads arriving tomorrow and hope to remove a spacer or two.

Ah good news. If that works, I will see if I can get the forum to automatically redirect people who go to the http: address over to the https: one

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Thats great work Nige - nice.
I won't be getting up at 4am to paint my rear end any time soon, so I admire your dedication.

Hi all, Sorry for the extended absence. It has been a very busy couple of weeks work-wise. The issue seems to be that the forum does not remember certain people's logins and automatically log them in each time. Please correct me if I am wrong. The cause of the problem (based on testing and reading y...