Colins Project

[colin5524]

I have removed the shock and thisthen allows me to rotate the hub for easy access to the bolt and to drive the joint spliter into the lower joint


picture of abs sensor location

picture showing the 2 bolts that located abs wire mountings

abs wire

[colin5524]

Me and my hub :WaveBye

remove 2 rear wishbone bolts both sides

remove 2 anti-roll bolts both sides

remove front  wishbone bolt both sides

pop wishbones out

take whole shabang out

next job is clean up and replace bushes

[colin5524]

little more progress removed rear shocks and hubs dropped down rear suspension and ready to drop diff out
Top rear strut

removed exhaust




Rust actually looks worse than what it is everything came of pretty well, once i get the rest out its all going for painting and the underneath is getting brushed and rustproofed

[colin5524]

so got the rear subframe and diff out going to painters today to get quotes for painting, will replace all the pipes from front to  back as well

everything for painters

[TiddlesRX7]

Nice to see your not messing about. This is gonna be one nice FC when your done.

[colin5524]

Thank you,Spoke to painter today who has just done a similair job on his 200sx, and he says it will be cheap, he is also going to do the springs the same colour as the callipers which is shown in the photos. There is alot of parts once its all apart  :shock:

[colin5524]

Well its all come back and im very pleased, all alloy is getting etch primed and all steel is getting a coat pf zinga then a coat of 2 pac,yellow for the struts everything else black, i did toy with the idea of doing it all yellow, any ideas.

All parts blasted


Zinga coat

[colin5524]

A few bits through painting

[colin5524]

Suspension assembled, the colours look really good together i think, i was a bit worried about the yellow, and my bodykit also arrived today, it feels like christmas , definatley an improvment from the pics before.

[Draco]

nice detailed thread.... keep the pics coming

[m1tch]

*shock* you have stepper motors on your suspension! no fair!

[colin5524]

Thanks, well here is the front suspension in, the calliper was just bolted on to see how it looked, go away on friday for 2 weeks so will probably post when am back again.

[colin5524]

Thank you, diff is back in and subframe now going to put in rear axles, replaced all rear brake pipes and waxoyled everything, oh and i won a hks ecu at...........£33 with free shipping

[grinder]

im sure i have said this before - but i want your garage

there are some good pics there - i like the one showing which bushes go where

i have a partially complete set - but no idea what is what

keep up the good work and the pics

nice price on the ECU aswell

[TiddlesRX7]

I was gonna ask if the HKS ECU was the F-CON on Ebay but I think the pic says it all really. Good buy for that price. Keep up the good work mate.