Busted my *** for the last week re-doing my suspension.

New parts are a BMR Tubular K-Member, Ball Joints/Tie-Rod Ends, and Prothane bushings. Still using the stock Upper/Lower Control Arms, Struts/Springs, Swaybar, Spindles, Steering Rack.

http://paradox.shacknet.nu/dave88lx/...suspension.htm

 

man someone put alot of work into that!! everything looks great! nice work man

 

Man,it sure is a shame you have to put that back under the car where no one will be able to see it.

Nice job

 

lookin' good!

 

Ha, the first time I looked at it, I didn't notice that you could scroll down, and the window wasn't maximized....so all I saw was one picture. I kept looking at it thinking, wtf, it looks stock to me! Then I realised I could scroll down and I saw the pretty new stuff. Me=airhead sometimes.

Are you going to run poly motor mounts? I put some of those in my car. Dunno if it helped much, but it's piece of mind for me, I guess...

 

Should have changed to the 98+ front brakes! Other then that it looks awesome! How much did the K member cost and wehre did you get it? Is there going to be a group purchase on this item any time soon. I cant find it for less then $400.00

 

Dave, that looks awesome!

It looks like some of that stuff is powdercoated, but I am guessing just gloss black paint and a lot of cleaning?

But that looks amazing man - good work. Like ZRAPTOR said - too bad it's gotta go back underneath the car, where people can't even see it and get dirty.

 

looks great....i'm jealous

 

I did the same thing


But looks good man

 

It looks like he is using POR 15 on the rusted parts. It turns a glossy shiny black and all you have to do to prep it is wash the metal and make sure there is no loose rust. it actually bonds better to a thin layer of rust. I am going to do the same thing to my brakes and suspension before they go in this spring. POR15

 

 

Hey thanks for all the compliments.

Actually what I did for most of the pieces was glass bead them down to bare metal, then install the bushings, wipe them all over a couple times with some degreaser stuff (NOT engine degreaser, but kinda like lacquer thinner or whatever, it's at Auto Zone). Then I just gave them 3-4 coats of Engine Enamel.

The calipers I did with VHT caliper paint.

Had I been smarter I would have better prepped my swaybar, but it should still be OK.

I got it from LS1speed for $373 I think it was. Came out to right around $400 with shipping. Gotta watch the sponsors sales forum Got it 15% off.

I want to run a solid upper motor mount on the drivers side, but I'm having trouble locating the part # or source for it. If anyone knows that I would be grateful.

Worse comes to worse I'll just run a poly in there.

I didn't change the brakes, because these only have 10K miles on them, and I'm already $10,000 into this damn rebuild No unnecessary expenditures.

Big bumma no one will see it, but I just couldn't let it go back on like it was, guess I'm just reall detail oriented or something...


Couple more pics to show you the "along the way" steps:

http://paradox.shacknet.nu/dave88lx/...lower-bare.jpg

http://paradox.shacknet.nu/dave88lx/...er-masked1.jpg

http://paradox.shacknet.nu/dave88lx/...er-painted.jpg

http://paradox.shacknet.nu/dave88lx/...s-calipers.jpg


Gotta love GLASS BEADS!

 

So you used glass beads to clean the parts?

Did you have to use a sandblasting cabinet?

I have a crappy bottom suck feed thing that runs off the compresser and hardly works. I think I need a better moisture catcher in line with it. maybe I can use it with glass beads because they dont get wet and stick together like sand. Where doy ou buy glass beads to blast things with?

I have to do the same thing you did bro... to even more parts

 

That looks awesome man. Lot's of work there and it shows.

Mike

 

Cool. I am in the process of doing the same thing. Just couldnt bring myself to put it back under the car in its current state.