CF Bedford Van

[psyolent]

awesome work sammy as always.

[Holden202T]

thanks man!

[Holden202T]

the old vans been pretty neglected over the last few months, have been doing jobs of a heap of friends cars/motors/wiring stuff .... finally got most all of them done, on the up side it has given me time to save money for goodies

I've also finally worked out where i wanted to put the computer, so drilled a big hole under the passenger seat for it, it will eventually be tin plated around that seat from similar to the original bases so will be a nice little hidy hole for the computer.

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just need to re-route some wiring to its new location.

I also bought some new shockies for the van, the old ones were as best as I can describe, totally stuffed! its certainly much more rigid when pushing the suspension up and down now!

i also noticed the front shocks are stamped with GM, so more than likely the originals! rears were Monroe, but certainly very old and crusty looking!

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hopefully more progress in the next few months, really trying to get stuck into it now the weather is warmer

[vlad01]

At least you didn't get pedders ones.

The monroe ones are alright for the price.

[Holden202T]

yeah I've had pedders once, they seemed ok, but not for long!

monroes I cannot fault, always done me well and for a lot of kms!

[vlad01]

every single last pedders i removed from other cars where totally stuff. My nephew's VP front strut fell out of the car when I jacked it up. The shocker had separated from the strut housing, and on top of that the shocker was not even working despite not actually having any load placed on. Absolute junk they are.

I've used monroe gt and boge. Even cheapy gabriel shocks which actually pretty good.

[immortality]

I quiet like KYB shocks, prefer them over Munroe.

[Holden202T]

actually, it wasn't pedders it was Gabriel! felt like a Monroe gt gas but wore out like 10,000kms!

[TdracerTd]

Good progress. I like monroe shocks. I had them in my racecar. It will be interesting to see how the Bilstiens compare.

[immortality]

Should be no comparison at all, day and night between Munroe and Bilsteins.

I had Bilsteins/Kings in my VH, was a hard ride at road legal speeds but at loose your license speeds it was planted and firm, rode really well.