Hi all.
With the car now away for the colder months, it's time to start working on the jobs I didn't get round to last year and I am looking for some advice please.
The big job is the suspension bushings, but as it's on the original set of everything (since 1997) my plan is to replace the bushings, the dampers and the springs with the aim of also lowering the car somewhat (as the back is very high). I'm not wanting coilovers and if honest, not really looking for premium either as it's only a 1.9, drives on normal roads and barely gets driven. Also the car only cost £1k. As such, I am thinking of just the Ridex stuff for dampers and bushings, but want to know which type of dampers to get and also if anyone has any suggestions on which springs to get as I see many but not sure which would be considered the right height. Not after anything silly low, just more the typical which I believe is 3cm?
The second question is the central locking. The car has central locking, and I am presuming it has remote central locking but I never got a separate remote fob (my keys have a light only). Has anyone had any success with the pre-facelift ones in using perhaps an aftermarket fob? If so, any suggestions which one and how to set up?
The central locking is not a deal breaker and I'm certainly not getting anything aftermarket added to replace it, but was hoping a replacement fob could work.
With the car now away for the colder months, it's time to start working on the jobs I didn't get round to last year and I am looking for some advice please.
The big job is the suspension bushings, but as it's on the original set of everything (since 1997) my plan is to replace the bushings, the dampers and the springs with the aim of also lowering the car somewhat (as the back is very high). I'm not wanting coilovers and if honest, not really looking for premium either as it's only a 1.9, drives on normal roads and barely gets driven. Also the car only cost £1k. As such, I am thinking of just the Ridex stuff for dampers and bushings, but want to know which type of dampers to get and also if anyone has any suggestions on which springs to get as I see many but not sure which would be considered the right height. Not after anything silly low, just more the typical which I believe is 3cm?
The second question is the central locking. The car has central locking, and I am presuming it has remote central locking but I never got a separate remote fob (my keys have a light only). Has anyone had any success with the pre-facelift ones in using perhaps an aftermarket fob? If so, any suggestions which one and how to set up?
The central locking is not a deal breaker and I'm certainly not getting anything aftermarket added to replace it, but was hoping a replacement fob could work.
