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Ongoing Projects / Re: Hayesey's red G40 restorat...
Last post by hayesey - August 18, 2025, 10:37:45 AMquick update, this weekend it's back on suspension and 4 wheels
and now I can move it around easily on the wheel skates, it has it's friend in the garage to keep it company:
and now I can move it around easily on the wheel skates, it has it's friend in the garage to keep it company:
#2
Wanted / Re: Wanted: G40
Last post by Zeeuk1 - August 06, 2025, 05:27:42 PMI have an Alpine white one
#3
General Car Chat / Re: G40 Blistein y
Last post by Malazuerte90 - August 06, 2025, 04:16:34 PMQuote from: hayesey on August 06, 2025, 02:14:25 PMthey're all talking about different shock absorbers on different cars though, I would ask wherever you bought them from.
The front polo bump stops are just these:
https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/861412131-front-suspension-strut-bump-stop.html
I can see no harm in just using them as well assuming the piston rods on your B12s are the same diameter as normal polo shock absorbers.
Those are the OEM bump stops
My supplier told me that as far as they know, I don't need to put bump stoppers bc the suspension has its own bumper stoppers inside the suspension (as far as they know doesn't look very reliable lol that's why I asked you)
Also the people say in the URL the same as my supplier, that they have internal stop bumpers
The thing is that I already installed them...so putting a stop bumper is a lot of work...
#4
General Car Chat / Re: G40 Blistein y
Last post by hayesey - August 06, 2025, 02:14:25 PMthey're all talking about different shock absorbers on different cars though, I would ask wherever you bought them from.
The front polo bump stops are just these:
https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/861412131-front-suspension-strut-bump-stop.html
I can see no harm in just using them as well assuming the piston rods on your B12s are the same diameter as normal polo shock absorbers.
The front polo bump stops are just these:
https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/861412131-front-suspension-strut-bump-stop.html
I can see no harm in just using them as well assuming the piston rods on your B12s are the same diameter as normal polo shock absorbers.
#5
General Car Chat / Re: G40 Blistein y
Last post by Malazuerte90 - August 06, 2025, 10:06:50 AMQuote from: PeteG40 on August 05, 2025, 01:21:14 PMYes you really do need bump stopa
Hi Pete,
Thanks for answering
But look what I found
https://www.e30zone.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=277417&utm_source=chatgpt.com
And this
https://g42.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1225899&utm_source=chatgpt.com
Here people say that the front suspension has the internal bump stops
What do you think?
#6
General Car Chat / Re: G40 Blistein y
Last post by PeteG40 - August 05, 2025, 01:21:14 PMYes you really do need bump stopa
#7
General Car Chat / G40 Blistein y
Last post by Malazuerte90 - August 02, 2025, 09:47:00 AMHi guys, how is everything?
I have just upgraded my G40 with a Blistein B12 suspension kit and I have one question
In the front side, do I have to put bumpers? I mean some kind of rubber bumpers in the suspension?
Bc the kit doesn't come with bumpers and I don't know if it doesn't need bumpers or do I have to put them?
Can anyone help with this?
Many thanks in advance!
Javier
I have just upgraded my G40 with a Blistein B12 suspension kit and I have one question
In the front side, do I have to put bumpers? I mean some kind of rubber bumpers in the suspension?
Bc the kit doesn't come with bumpers and I don't know if it doesn't need bumpers or do I have to put them?
Can anyone help with this?
Many thanks in advance!
Javier
#8
Ongoing Projects / Re: Hayesey's red G40 restorat...
Last post by hayesey - July 31, 2025, 11:02:11 AMWhat I didn't say in the post above, all the progress in that post after the brake lines, was in the last few weeks. In March I fell off my bike and broke my wrist quite badly, it had to have metal plates put in. So for a good few months I was unable to do any work on the car and even now I have to be careful with my wrist, doing up the stub axle bolts was painful.
#9
Ongoing Projects / Re: Hayesey's red G40 restorat...
Last post by hayesey - July 31, 2025, 10:52:39 AMSo time for another update.
The brake lines are all done, what an absolute ball-ache that was. The steel pipe is much harder to work with than copper or kunifer. If I were doing this again I would just use kunifer and paint it! There's one or two areas where the pipe routing isn't quite as neat as I'd like it to be but they are areas that are unseen once the car is back together anyway.
The fuel system is all done as well, up into the engine bay. I have reused the original polyamide lines as they clean up OK, whilst you can buy this stuff new on rolls, it wont be shaped to fit the car as the original lines are. I got new rubber ends crimped on to keep it all looking as it should. All new plastic clips to hold the lines on.
In the background of that photo, you can see the brake line is loose, there should be two metal loops that hold the brake line to the body with rubber sleeves, just near the rear seat belt mounting holes. The metal loops are not there, they have rusted and have been removed. So I need to figure out a way of attaching something to hold the line in place. P-Clips fixed to the end of the seat belt mount bolts will work but I'm trying to think of something that'll look more original. That's on the back burner while I get on with easier stuff.
Going back to the brake lines, one thing I wasn't able to find new was the plastic clip that goes around the steering rack. This broke when I stripped the car down and since it was fitted to all mk2/3 polos I assumed people would have plenty of spares around. But that's not the case and I just couldn't find an in-tact one anywhere.
Then it occurred to me that my track polo has one on it and I seem to remember that being in good nick. So I went to where that is stored currently, took off all the inlet manifold to make sure I had good access and /very/ carefully removed the clip. After 15 mins in the ultrasonic cleaner, here it is, seemingly one of the hardest to find parts on a g40!
I did put my track polo back together again, albeit with the broken clip now on it.
Next up, the fuel tank. You can't buy genuine ones and every single aftermarket one seems to be the same and they don't fit. I remember having the same issues when I put a new tank on my track polo 15 or more years ago. The filler neck is just wrong:
Argh!
So I got a proper blow torch (self-igniting torch and bottle of turbo map+ gas, totally different kettle of fish to a cheapo b&q blow torch), heated parts of the neck up to cherry red and bent it into something more like the right shape. Also adjusted the pipe for the top breather aka "pipe of doom" since as you can see that was pointing in totally the wrong direction.
I don't have photos, much swearing and trial fitting on the car was involved but the end is result is OK, not brilliant but it fits.
After that I got the tank blasted and powder coated and it's on the car.
Now I'm making a push to get it rolling again. So as of last night, it is sat on it's rear wheels!
Someone pointed out that actually from factory, the axle bolts go through the other way to how I have them there so yes I do feel I must drop the axle brackets and put them the right way...thanks Pete...
Hooray, it's sat on some wheels instead of axle stands for the first time in a long time.
Tonight I will be getting on with getting the front struts on, I already part assembled these until I realised I'd used the new hubs I bought on my track G40 some time ago so had to wait for some more new ones.
The brake lines are all done, what an absolute ball-ache that was. The steel pipe is much harder to work with than copper or kunifer. If I were doing this again I would just use kunifer and paint it! There's one or two areas where the pipe routing isn't quite as neat as I'd like it to be but they are areas that are unseen once the car is back together anyway.
The fuel system is all done as well, up into the engine bay. I have reused the original polyamide lines as they clean up OK, whilst you can buy this stuff new on rolls, it wont be shaped to fit the car as the original lines are. I got new rubber ends crimped on to keep it all looking as it should. All new plastic clips to hold the lines on.
In the background of that photo, you can see the brake line is loose, there should be two metal loops that hold the brake line to the body with rubber sleeves, just near the rear seat belt mounting holes. The metal loops are not there, they have rusted and have been removed. So I need to figure out a way of attaching something to hold the line in place. P-Clips fixed to the end of the seat belt mount bolts will work but I'm trying to think of something that'll look more original. That's on the back burner while I get on with easier stuff.
Going back to the brake lines, one thing I wasn't able to find new was the plastic clip that goes around the steering rack. This broke when I stripped the car down and since it was fitted to all mk2/3 polos I assumed people would have plenty of spares around. But that's not the case and I just couldn't find an in-tact one anywhere.
Then it occurred to me that my track polo has one on it and I seem to remember that being in good nick. So I went to where that is stored currently, took off all the inlet manifold to make sure I had good access and /very/ carefully removed the clip. After 15 mins in the ultrasonic cleaner, here it is, seemingly one of the hardest to find parts on a g40!
I did put my track polo back together again, albeit with the broken clip now on it.
Next up, the fuel tank. You can't buy genuine ones and every single aftermarket one seems to be the same and they don't fit. I remember having the same issues when I put a new tank on my track polo 15 or more years ago. The filler neck is just wrong:
Argh!
So I got a proper blow torch (self-igniting torch and bottle of turbo map+ gas, totally different kettle of fish to a cheapo b&q blow torch), heated parts of the neck up to cherry red and bent it into something more like the right shape. Also adjusted the pipe for the top breather aka "pipe of doom" since as you can see that was pointing in totally the wrong direction.
I don't have photos, much swearing and trial fitting on the car was involved but the end is result is OK, not brilliant but it fits.
After that I got the tank blasted and powder coated and it's on the car.
Now I'm making a push to get it rolling again. So as of last night, it is sat on it's rear wheels!
Someone pointed out that actually from factory, the axle bolts go through the other way to how I have them there so yes I do feel I must drop the axle brackets and put them the right way...thanks Pete...
Hooray, it's sat on some wheels instead of axle stands for the first time in a long time.
Tonight I will be getting on with getting the front struts on, I already part assembled these until I realised I'd used the new hubs I bought on my track G40 some time ago so had to wait for some more new ones.
#10
Wanted / Re: Wanted: G40
Last post by Martyng40 - July 21, 2025, 07:22:18 PMOne on eBay for sale... needs work... sure owners on here