pies Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 just picked it up this arvo. at the moment plans are a nice set of jap style wheels and a 3SGE. already has w55 box In the garage: first thing i did was pull the rear left brakes apart to find out what the grinding noise was. here is the result... yummy axle is bent and wheel bearing is crushed to bits. was told previous owner hit a curb at 40k's. there is also damage to the front x-member but ill get to that when the rear end is sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 back on the ground still havent finished fixin the brakes yet but its driving and theres no awful scraping sounds from the rear anymore! next up, getting all the brakes working properly by, * fitting new front pads * new rear shoes fitted * new rear cylinders fitted * possibly new slotted znoelli discs, depending on money * full fluid flush and after that, new crossmember and susspension consisting of, * (at this stage) custom front and rear springs by Chamberlin Springs * Shortened Shocks all round * New front crossmember * New Panhard rod (current one is bent) * diagnosis on front sway bar issues * replace all bushes if budget allows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 new rear shoes and cylinders fitted took it for a quick drive round the block today. damn shes a bit noisy... and not from the engine either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 front brakes are now sorted. bout to rip out the x-member over the next few days to see if its gonna be fixable, or weather im gonna have to get another one also fitted new sway bar bushes (thanks revhead!) pics of x member to follow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Damaged sway bar link passenger side. Damage to x-member on passenger side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 well i took the bootlide round to a mates place to weld some plates in. stupid me took too much metal off and now its too thin around where i wanted to weld so im faced with a couple of options. 1. attempt to find another bootlid. 2. Modify exsisting bootlid with fibreglass and add a little spoiler/lip to the end of it for shits n giggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 YAY! HUGE thanks to Al the seedy for fixing my X-Member. did a fuken awsome job of it. (the sus arm didnt fall out on the way home ) and the steering wheel even points straight now!!!! The finished product so my plan for tomorrow is now, 1. start fibre ducktail spoiler for bootlid 2. Pick up KE70 rear shocks and GT4 front inserts to get all the springs captive 3. grab new sway bar link from pick a part aswell as a couple of small interior items 4. start using as a daily driver while i sell the rola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 First up, Replaced sway bar links because erm... one was al ittle bent... new link Then put the new KE70 S/W rear shocks and the old "AGS" springs in. now looks like this... Next up, fixing this... and adding the ST162 front shocks to get the front springs captive and despite wheels being well up in the gaurds... its still 110mm above ground at the lowest point YAY 10mm TO GO!!!!!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Super Mega Update Heres some pics etc that Seedy Al's Chop Shop is doing on the beast first off was the front struts Pulled them out, and decided, yes, they really arent captive Pulled out the oil strut, and compared with new insert Had the coice of going 50mm lower, or 100mm, 50 was all that was needed to make the spring captive, you can see how much shorter it really is Anywa, spacers were made to fit insert, and assembly began New BUMP STOPS!!!! too cool for school,fool And once all assembled, spring clearly captive now,, legal motoring for all (notice cut bumpstop, yeah, thats how we roll) Pitty the other strut was far from as easy, had a dent in it where the rim had hit the struts housing, so that had to be heated up and pushed out by hammering a piece of exhasut tube down the strut housing More fun. anyway, got them all done Also I squared up the diff, so now when its low the diff doesnt sit to one side, very very nice Next is the boot lid rust, have started doing a little bit, which was weld up a few little holes, and put a piece in the corner so there is something there to fold the out patches over. Yeah, anyway, will take more pics of boot tomorrow, oh its so thrilling, Like Lost, you just cant wait till the next installment! insert steel here Allan Seedy Al's Chop SHop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pies Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 p.s. that was a 'pies' authorised post no delety! big ups seedy one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yay, so the boot lid is all welded, and the filler can go on tomorrow, alittle behind plan, but thats the way these things are sometimes No pic though Stupid me forgot to take camera, so the car goes back to Pies on friday morning, Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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