After I had returned from the ring in sept 06 my power steering rack failed so over xmas I removed it and replaced it, whilst it was out I took the oppertunity to degrease/ clean the bottom of the engine bay and crossmember, this then led to my to decide to remove the front running gear to get it all powder coated / painted






I painted the hubs by hand as I wanted the minimium thickness on the front of the hub to reduce any wheel wobble so on the back I used hammerite smooth and a spray version of it on the front face, I have access to a sand blaster so prepping them was made easy.

the bottom suspension arms were painted



the hub carriers and anti roll bar were powdercoated



parts painted /prepped



refitting begins



the caliper brackets were powdercoated and the calipers painted by hand in matching paint







I painted the disks in high temp paint after blasting them to reduce the chance of them rusting

the front is nearly finished now, just waitng for the brake pipe brackets to come back from the powdercoaters then the wheels can go back on.
whilst waiting for this tonight I started degreasing the offside floorpan, it is coming up like new!!
will post some pics of it tomoz

next winter I will remove the rear beam and paint/powdercoat the complete back of the car

steve

 

looks good mate

 

Very nice!

 

Looks good mate

 

cool i must do that with mine if i were you id do the back end now aswell such an easy job and rewarding reults for the rest of the year. only problem is keeping it clean

 

Hi mate, what are you using to degrease the floor pan? Your work looks very good!! god i wish i had a garage!

 

Just using some normal deagreasant from the motor factors it's ok, but I am going to buy some propper"gunk" for the passengers side as that stuff is miles better than what im using.

steve

 

Brian