I haven't really updated this thread since october, but I've still been busy collecting bits and pieces ready to work on the car over the winter.
All this work has stemmed around getting a new set of front wheels. Finding 15x7 te37's was hard enough but once i saw a pair of 15x7.5 et25 come up for sale I blasted down to plymouth immediately and picked them up. They weren't in bad shape by any means, but the odd in me had to get them refinished so i dropped them off in jan and he got to work
When i picked then up
And once Paul had worked his magic.
you can really see the concave in this pic, which will look great in contrast to the rears. Having bigger wheels gave me an excuse to also get some new tyres, so got an amazing deal on some r888 in 225/45/15 as they were the last in stock.
All this was well and good, but the problem was these were 5 stud! which is where everything has got slightly out of control :x
From buying some second hand hubs, i now have bought pretty much everything i need for a complete bush swap and bearing change. I was taking it to bits anyway so I thought id better make a proper job out of it.
- new koyo front bearings
- extended arp studs
- extended ball joints
- spc front camber arms
- Hardrace lca bushes and compliance bushes
- new Mtec discs
- spc rear arms
- d2 toe arms
- new oem rta bushes
I striped the front end down today so i can get all the arms sandblasted and powder coat. I also made a start on getting it ready to be properly undersealed, my plan of attack is to grind it all down back to bare metal isn, cover it in expoymastic 121 the finish with some standard undersell. Ive heard nothing but praise for the 121 so lets hope it keeps it fresh for the years to come!
oh I almost forgot:
I was worried I couldn't get the wheels to fit in the arches, so i got these too
no wonder why I'm skint!
All this has to be finished by april when it goes to tgm to be setup/mot's and resprayed!
Brad
never been a massive fan of dc2's but this looks amazing! top work!