I guess while I wait for more updates I will include everyone in on more about my front suspension and my ghettofab methods
Started with pulling the front struts off just like everyone else.
Ended up just cutting the brake line holder and bending them to remove the lines. If I would have known I would be replacing the master cylinder, I would have just removed the lines:
any who, from there I cut off that big round thing that likes to hold the bottom of the stock spring on the strut assm. I used my trust Hobo Freight angle grinder with cut off wheel:
Once I carefully cut through the fat weld, I used another Hobo Freight mallet to knock off the perch.
I grinded the welds down and cleaned the crud off of the tube assembly
No photos here but I measured the difference in new strut vs old stock strut and cut the difference out of the tube. I used a piece of angle iron to line up the cut pieces and ran some welds around it in order to keep the threaded portion. I made sure the welds were good welds and great penetration then ground them down.
Here's one shortened next to stock:
I painted the assm with high gloss laquor paint for a great finish and slide on Bens threaded sleeves with adjuster to get a good seal with the paint being wet.
I hopped on a group buy and got some scotty plates. Heres a test fit:
I bought some Koni replica bushings from a company for $8 bucks a set and heres the completed strut assm with Bens top hat and some Eibach springs I got from summit. Slapped on some Scotty plates:
Went to a local JY and picked up some torque rods cut and welded in some adjusters from the local hardware store and plashed some paint on em. I used SuperPro bushings (not the invisible kind..):
Guess I needed a Panhard bar too?So I made one:
Cut out/smoothed the area I wanted for Max negative camber muaaahhhhh!!!
And heres how WallE sits now:
Well thats the front. I ghettofab'd some rear coilovers when I made these but im in the middle of creating some new ones using 5"dia springs. Stay tuned for those since I am posting my other BS in the thread while Boostin is on hold.
Until next time.