Project – Rear Suspension

I am tacking this project at the same time as the front.  It seems like the natural thing to do, but now I have nearly the whole underside of my car on the ground.  Looks like a skeleton lying there!!

This project will include:

1. New sway bar bushes
2. New trailing arm bushes
3. New spring plate bushes – desperately needed, car handles more like a boat!
4. Clean/blast trailing arms
5. Blast/POR15 sway bar and brackets
6. New drop links
7. Blast/replate dust guards
8. Blast/replate spring plates and cover brackets

Also going to rebuild and replate the calipers – may as well!  ‘While you’re down there’ as they say…  This will justify a separate post as it’s a fairly major job in itself and also includes replacing flexible brake lines and remaking some hard lines.

So far all going to plan except can’t get all the bolts out of the trailing arm.  No nut or spring plate attached but bolt is stuck in.  Also, torsion bar is stuck in the spring plate.  Still trying to figure out to get this out.  Mechanic says remove the cover on body but this means pulling of stone guard decal, which means more $$$.  Might need to do this but resisting for now!!

Here are some pics of progress to date.  Much more to do.  Note the iPhone level app to double check the unsprung angle for when I refit the finished spring plates.