2018 Catchup #1 - Front End Rebuild
I pulled the engine out of my car in the fall of 2017. Shortly after I started stripping the engine bay, pulled the subframe and suspension, planning to paint everything.
Fast forward a year later to September, the engine bay is still not painted, the floorpan/frame rail is still not repaired, and the car has been on jackstands for a year.
However, during the summer, I did rebuild the front suspension:
IE Engine Mount Brace welded in
Subframe powdercoated
IE Urethane Bushings
Volvo Calipers
E21 Hubs + Rotors
Bilstein Shocks
H&R Springs (came with car)
IE Offset Roll Center Spacer
IE Fixed Front Camber Plates
New Ball Joints/Tie-Rods/Center Link
Rebuilt Steering Box
All parts Epoxy coated + Eastwood Chassis Black
Picture time!
Welding in the IE engine mount brace (excuse the crappy looking welds, 2nd time welding ever)
Sandblasting the original parts/cleanup (Harbor freight bench cabinet)
Eastwood epoxy primer applied
Realized it wasn't fun painting these on the ground, so I built a frame out of PVC to hang them up
Installing idler arm bushings in the powdercoated subframe
Subframe with bushings installed and control arms
Struts assembled, test fitting calipers
Fast forward to the fall, and here's the subframe back in the car with the suspension:
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