I reckon before you even fit the lift you'd be better off sorting the basics and getting all the suspension mounts and brackets sound .Cheers for the feedback. I’ve done the front suspension today and will get to the back tomorrow. I have castor correction bushes but will need to do those at a later date when I can get someone to press them. Full arms would be the easiest option! Fulcrum do some lovely ones if I had the money to spank.
I’ll see how the rear goes, both my mates running 80s have gone for extensions and haven’t had issues. I’ll leave it as is for a bit and see how I get on before finding someone to fab some.
On another note, that is not what you want to see when you take off the old coil. Tragic. State of the steering and suspension in this wagon is pretty dire.
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Yep, i get it about budgetary constraints.........I have castor correction bushes but will need to do those at a later date when I can get someone to press them. Full arms would be the easiest option! Fulcrum do some lovely ones if I had the money to spank.......
Parts of it you’ll look at it and think it was some old biddys daily driver, other parts look like it’s been back to backing Dakar.Looks like its had a hard life!!
I don't do powder coating on anything... my issue being, one small chip and the water gets in down behind, and the whole rust cycle thing begins again.Separately, has anyone bothered removing, shot blasting and powder coating things like radius arms?
I just sprayed them in the end. Trashed the finish in a few places when I was getting them back on anyway so powder coat would have been a waste.I don't do powder coating on anything... my issue being, one small chip and the water gets in down behind, and the whole rust cycle thing begins again.
i use one particular brand of polyurathane paint that's i've used for years, that proved it's durability, even when painted over imperfect prep.