Tickover Lowering Day !
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:35 am
Hi chaps.
Am lying on the grass in a park in Dartford right this min waiting for a call from Gus or Clive at Tickover. Dropped in B112 to them at 9am this morning to have alot of suspension work done. As soon as he seen B112 he said it was sitting high at the back. He said it had been fitted with aftermarket multi leaf springs as the sides of the springs were squared off and not rounded. Another new thing i learnt
He is fitting good quality single leafs all polybushed. I also recently bought some new front suspension struts to replace the old ones and these he is fitting with gaz shocks as they dont take the oil ones. He will set up the ride height so it sits nicer than it does now.
All very exciting and a tad nervous as never had such major surgery done to B112 since I owned ii. But boy its in safe hands. Tickover is an amazing little place with Capris everywhere...and a very nice Sierra too !
So fingers crossed if all goes well i should be driving home later in a capri with all new suspension sitting better but might have to wait for the new springs to settle in
And just had a call from Jason so gonna try go find him
All the best
Nick
STOP PRESS ! Just met with Jason and got a ride in his Capri as he too is having tickover do some work on it as well today so 2 forum capris at Tickover today We were both trying to figure out where we were as i was in some park somewhere in Dartford when he rang me but we managed to meet !! Wow ! Jasons Capri is absolutely stunning both inside and out !! Had a great chat with him and met his lovely wife Marie too. Great to have finally met you Jason. Roll on The Ace !!
Am lying on the grass in a park in Dartford right this min waiting for a call from Gus or Clive at Tickover. Dropped in B112 to them at 9am this morning to have alot of suspension work done. As soon as he seen B112 he said it was sitting high at the back. He said it had been fitted with aftermarket multi leaf springs as the sides of the springs were squared off and not rounded. Another new thing i learnt
He is fitting good quality single leafs all polybushed. I also recently bought some new front suspension struts to replace the old ones and these he is fitting with gaz shocks as they dont take the oil ones. He will set up the ride height so it sits nicer than it does now.
All very exciting and a tad nervous as never had such major surgery done to B112 since I owned ii. But boy its in safe hands. Tickover is an amazing little place with Capris everywhere...and a very nice Sierra too !
So fingers crossed if all goes well i should be driving home later in a capri with all new suspension sitting better but might have to wait for the new springs to settle in
And just had a call from Jason so gonna try go find him
All the best
Nick
STOP PRESS ! Just met with Jason and got a ride in his Capri as he too is having tickover do some work on it as well today so 2 forum capris at Tickover today We were both trying to figure out where we were as i was in some park somewhere in Dartford when he rang me but we managed to meet !! Wow ! Jasons Capri is absolutely stunning both inside and out !! Had a great chat with him and met his lovely wife Marie too. Great to have finally met you Jason. Roll on The Ace !!