Hi all – bit of an introduction to my car, which I've now had for a few months. It's a 2001 C2, MY2002 with just over 60k on the clock. From the codes it's a market launch/dealer demo car, with factory-fitted side skirts.
First thing to do was to change what I felt were comedy-size 19" wheels back to 18" and then start looking at other bits that might need attention. As there was no record of the engine mounts ever being addressed I thought it was driveway do-able and completed it last week.
What is suggested as a sub-60mins job ended up taking me around 3.5hrs, mainly as the existing nut was not letting go from the mount shaft, it was well and truly corroded on and wouldn't break free even with an impact wrench. So I ended up using a Dremel to partially cut through the side of the nut toward the threads, which seemed to 'break' the bond and finally allow it to spin off.
I was happily surprised this could all be done with the car on the ground – no need for axle stands.
I put on standard Rein mounts (purchased from RockAuto) and used a couple of titanium nuts for future corrosion protection – I'll also spray a bit of ACF-50 on it in the next day or so.
There was a bit of sag in the old mounts, my initial feeling is that everything is now a bit 'tighter' (super-technical description) and the replacements were well worth the effort.
Next step is to remove the front & rear arch liners and see what horrors I suspect may be lurking, ably assisted by the side skirt...
Dave
First thing to do was to change what I felt were comedy-size 19" wheels back to 18" and then start looking at other bits that might need attention. As there was no record of the engine mounts ever being addressed I thought it was driveway do-able and completed it last week.
What is suggested as a sub-60mins job ended up taking me around 3.5hrs, mainly as the existing nut was not letting go from the mount shaft, it was well and truly corroded on and wouldn't break free even with an impact wrench. So I ended up using a Dremel to partially cut through the side of the nut toward the threads, which seemed to 'break' the bond and finally allow it to spin off.
I was happily surprised this could all be done with the car on the ground – no need for axle stands.
I put on standard Rein mounts (purchased from RockAuto) and used a couple of titanium nuts for future corrosion protection – I'll also spray a bit of ACF-50 on it in the next day or so.
There was a bit of sag in the old mounts, my initial feeling is that everything is now a bit 'tighter' (super-technical description) and the replacements were well worth the effort.
Next step is to remove the front & rear arch liners and see what horrors I suspect may be lurking, ably assisted by the side skirt...
Dave
