ATS sorted out the tracking today. Unsurprisingly it was out, but importantly it isn't anymore. I don't anticipate much significant progress between now and January, but I have earmarked January and February to remove the rear beam/subframe assembly, polybush it and treat the underside rear of the car to some rust tackling TLC.

The finale! Finally found time to get back in the garage and finish this off. Equipped myself with a Dremel from B&Q and ground down the inner bushes from the wishbone mounts so they'd actually fit in the chassis on both sides. Quite a lot of material needed removing, but a grinding stone attachment made... Continue Reading →

Went off to Robins and Day, the only Peugeot Dealer within the M60 around Manchester at lunchtime. They were the nearest place likely to have in the suspension wishbone I needed. They didn't have it in, but did find another Peugeot dealer with one in stock which could have been mine for the wonderful price... Continue Reading →

Not much to report. Car is still on axle stands waiting for the suspension be put back together. I've cleaned up and zinc treated the wishbone mounting points which were showing some signs of surface rust. I also use inspected some of the bodywork under the underseal which has revealed what I was expecting -... Continue Reading →

NS wishbone off and stripped down in a fraction of the time that yesterday's took, which just goes to show that things are a lot easier to do a second time around. Replaced both track rod ends too, which was a fairly simple job... Update: Just back from the local motor engineers, they've pressed the... Continue Reading →

Finally managed to get to the point where it was time to get the car up on the axle stands to tackle the next stage of the suspension overhaul. OS Wishbone came off without any problems and I spent the afternoon hacking, drilling and sawing away at the old bushes until I had one wishbone... Continue Reading →

Popped into the local Citroen garage in between meetings today to enquire how much they'd charge to press some new ball joints into the wishbones if I dropped them in. The guy on the service desk seemed quite shocked that they could actually be taken off the car by someone other than one of the... Continue Reading →

The car crashing through bumps has been driving me mad, but a drive with a friend at the weekend was quite embarassing, so I've decided that it's time to get cracking on the suspension. Fitted the uprated 22mm ARB bushes Put on a new pair of droplinks too*. The test drive afterwards has revealed that... Continue Reading →

On a recent drive the speakers kept short circuiting leading to the sound from the head unit cutting out. I decided it was time to fit the new speakers. Doing so isolated the cause - the contacts on the odd Kenwood unit were shorting on the inside of the door. Replaced that and the stock... Continue Reading →

Didn't really have much time this weekend to do things on the car, but I reckoned that I had time to fit some more bolts and finish up a few loose ends. Quick half an hour job. Wrong. Turned into a wheels off, axle stand, bumper off, lights out 4 hour session. Still done now.... Continue Reading →

Most of the parts for the suspension overhaul have arrived from Polybush, but I'm not starting on that job until everything else turns up (still waiting on some new ARB brackets and a pair of droplinks). The silicon hose kit has turned up from Spoox too, although disappointly with no clips - Forge Motorsport get... Continue Reading →

Managed to fix the speaker issue. Popped down to Maplins for some electrical connectors - bought some of the bullet-type male to female ones I've had before. Took the inside of the OS door off so I could get at everything. Turns out this door used to be black before being resprayed and fitted (previous... Continue Reading →