Into the bucket for a few hours to remove any traces of rust.
Then scrubbed and dried off ready for paint.
At the same time I popped out the balljoints and removed the paint from the upper control arms.
Then a lick of red oxide as a base coat.
And some colour.
All ready for the bushes and balljoints.
And fitted new balljoints.
Some refurbed bolts and poly pivots.
Then I cleaned the poly bushes, greased and refitted.
I also picked up some new inner and outer front steering track rods. Even though they’re new, I painted them anyhow as previous experience has taught me the zinc coating does not last long.
I also bought some new front struts, KYB Excel G’s.
Again, seeing how quickly these things rust, I slapped some more paint on.
I’ve cleaned up one of the random air con brackets off the front end.
I picked up a rear euro lip from Wurleycorner (thanks), but it needs a fair amount of work to sort it out.
I just need to knock off the filler now and get it primed.
I removed the front wings in preparation of painting the front slam panel, and was expecting it to be a bit rough, but to my surprise, it all looks quite good, here it is after a clean.
The last bit of rust on the back end….
After some detox gel.
I’ve dropped some zinc paint on temporarily, until I get round to the colour stage.
A random shot of one of the exhaust undershields, just before painting, which I have done but forgot to take a pic.
I’ve started to remove some of the stuff from underneath the front end, and have started to derust them.
I’ve also been progressing with finishing the floor off, but I’ll post the pics of that when I’ve done it all.
