Perry Mahoney

Welcome. If you read back through all the past posts on this forum, like I first did, you’ll discover tons of useful things about our fabulous car.

Of course 😂

That must feel very frustrating Anthony. You’ll be getting chauffeured to the club weekend then?

Yay! I’m the new owner. Huge shout out to Gerry for the secure wrapping and quick postage of this lovely bag.

Nice job Anthony and great photos. 👍

Hi Gerald. I replied expressing my interest in your earlier post below. 👍

Hi Gerald. I’m interested in the bag but not sure if/when I would be able to collect it. I don’t suppose you’re going to the annual club meet 24/25th June are you?

Hi Nick. Great photos. Makes all my little projects so far look very minor.

Well, the sensor was in the boot, stuck to the offside boot hinge. It had just the one speaker hole in its casing, over which I taped a small piece of foam. Problem solved. Thanks to everyone for your input.

Yes,I’m very pleased with the new look. I’ve only driven it around the block so far, just to check there’s no wheel wobble or rubbing. I need to go for a run and can then re-torque the spacers.

Just fitted the 25mm rear spacers and used a light coating of lithium grease between the hub and spacer as recommended above. Looks much better now. For comparison, the pics show the offside rear wheel after fitting and the nearside before.

Ah, thanks Glyn. I’ve just come back in from the garage after another SC430-related project so I will have a break and then go out and pull the seat.

Does anyone have a diagram for the location of the rear parking sensor speaker. I’m going with the foam and tape solution but despite its loud volume, I am having difficulty identifying its exact whereabouts other than hearing it coming from the back somewhere.

🤔 I too would be wary of the tape eventually fouling the mechanism in some way or other. I would have thought something like plastic clips originally held loose parts in place and the reason the roof would suddenly develop a rattle is that a retaining clip has broken free somewhere. Maybe someone could sit in the back (yeah, I know…) while you drive around, hopefully to pinpoint the exact area the rattle is coming from. Then a parts search online may reveal if there should be some form of clip(s) in that area?

Continuing my ‘copy-what-Anthony-has-tested-first’ mode of operation, this morning I received and fitted the exact Chinese boot struts you posted about a while back. I have now ordered a set of these spacers from the same online seller. Despite their comparatively low price, you haven’t reported any issues/crashed/burned or skidded into a ravine, etc. so I’m assuming they’re ok 😄