Started to do the axle flip on the rear, and both the leaf springs have rusted out and snapped right in the middle
Cracked on with it regardless, now just have to wait for some new ones to arrive
Oh no! Disaster with the leaf spring. Thought those things were pretty robust.
corrigan42 wrote:
These are 18" Bola B26 - 8x18 5x112 ET35-45
I went for these simply because I love the look of them Most other wheels at this price point all look the same, and I wanted something different!
I know they will fit, as my brother's Caddy has rims with the same size/width/offset.
Didn't want 19" wheels as I would have to have a lower profile tyre then, and didn't want the rougher ride that would come with that.
Tyres are 225/40/18 Firestone Firehawk SZ90, bought them from wheelbase with tyres fitted and balanced.
Bigger brakes may be on the cards in the future, but the mod list is growing, and that is probably near the bottom lol
Thanks for writing up the details on the rims and tyres, they look really nice!!
Scotscad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:44 pm
Sorry if ive missed this but what front springs did you fit? Cheers
They are the Eibach ones with 60mm drop, from eBay with the RoadNutz shackle kit, I bought the wobble blocks from darkside developments too whic,h is supposed to reduce the rear axle side-to-side movement, which is apparently more noticeable when lowered
Scotscad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:40 pm
Thanks for the reply mate. Iv got eibach -45 on mine and am interested to see how it sits when uv got ur new wheels on.
No worries! If all goes well, we will see this weekend
Finally sorted the rear axle and fitted the new rims!
Originally had it lowered 60mm front and back, but the rear was sitting a bit high considering I don't put much weight in the back, so I dropped it another 10mm
Also did a detail, got some new plates made.
Next up will be painting the rear bumper and side trims, and maybe some caddy life mirrors
I found the same when I lowered my van with the spring being broken....but then thought how long had I been driving around with it broken for!! looking good though but Im a commersh lover so shame to see the parts swap lol
Baldspeed Racing wrote: ↑Mon Oct 20, 2025 12:58 pm
I found the same when I lowered my van with the spring being broken....but then thought how long had I been driving around with it broken for!! looking good though but Im a commersh lover so shame to see the parts swap lol
Yeah it's quite a scary thought!
I think even with the spring snapped, the sandwich plates would keep the whole assembly together enough to keep it from falling apart, but at least we found out before it was too late!!
corrigan42 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 7:39 pm
Yeah it's quite a scary thought!
I think even with the spring snapped, the sandwich plates would keep the whole assembly together enough to keep it from falling apart, but at least we found out before it was too late!!
Defo, I think it was what was holding my old spring in place before I hit her with the lowering stick. At least the springs are easy enough to replace tbf
