Saph cos susp/underbody resto..*Update 16/04,on road*
 

Couple of things I've done so far with my car in hibernation :top:
New steering rack,engine mounts,steering linkage,adjustable TCA's,wheel bearings,Konis,Eibach springs :cool:

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quality kev,looks minty under there ;),what engine mounts are you using out of intrest?

Cheers :top:

Just standard new eng mounts,the old ones were well fooked,picked up a pair of new ones for £20 :cool:
Ford wanted £50 each :eek:

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Where did you get your rack and how much,, mines got a bit of play in it...

And have you put new koni's on or had them powder coated?!

Looks v.nice :top:

Oh yes, very nice :top: :clap:

Thanks :)

Rack was off E-Bay,Lucas re-con,had all the labels/tags etc on it,£75 :cool:
The seller was advertising them on there every week,was a few months ago though.I'll find his user ID if I can and PM it to you :top:

Konis were bought second hand,only done a couple of months on road,I sprayed them with some Sunset yellow paint from Wilkos! :DD:

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£75 isnt too bad! If you could get me his user id,, it'd be much appreciated! :top:

Wilko's?? Where's that... may as well paint my fronts before they go on, my rears are brand new..

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Very nice Kev! Top work :top: :top: :top:

Cheers all :clap:

Wilkinsons m8,highstreet hardware store,think they are national store :?

Struggling to find the user ID for rack,can only go back 60 days on purchases on E-Bay,unless anyone knows how to get info from further back????????????? :top:

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will have to do mine like that now .... :content:

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Think I may have done those TCA's, depending on which batch they were from ;) :DD:

Looking good Kev, keep up the good work mate :clap: :top:

Thanks :cool:
Back axle/susp deffo coming off for the same treatment too :top:

Pleased with them,good quality :)

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:cool: ,you know it makes sense kev,what colours are you going for or just black???

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Think I'm going to do the same colours as front :top:
Springs are red allready,do beam red,arms silver,anti-roll bar red,drive shafts silver,diff mount red,diff silver :top:

What colours you doin yours m8?????????? :)

was going to go gold and blue but keep changing my mind :roll:

Got the back beam/suspension off,won't look like this for long :cool:
2 hours it took on my own,well chuffed nothin seized or broke!!!!!! :banana:

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good work kev :top: ,keep plodding on mate

Still plodding on :DD:
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Parts ready for shot blast/powdercoating :cool:

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Pics of it all powdercoated will be up later next week :)

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Very nice work m8. :top:

:cool: looks like youve been busy kev :banana:

Been hard at it with the scrapper/wire brush :cry:

All surface rust taken back to bare metal and treated with rust killer,primed with red oxide,then sealed up any seams that looked like they would hold moisture:
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Then given a good coat of stone-chip ready for the top coat tomorrow:
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Not goin for concours :roll: but nice solid and body coloured :)

Looking good Kev!! :top:

CosKev3

Hi there. I am really liking the work you are doing on your motor. I have just acquired an Escort GTI as a project and the first thing I want to do is get it up on stands and overhaul the body work including the underneith.

Seeing as you are currently doing yours, I was hoping you could tell me what you should put on the underside of the car once you have striped it back to the metal?

Is it just a case of applying rust killer, primer, and then top coat?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers
Dan :cool:

nice work kev :top: bet it took you ages :cry: wont be long now and it will be pukka :top:

Thanks :top:
Hard work,but worth it in the end :)


Hi m8,I'm no expert :cry:
The more layers/coats you use the better I would think,obviously any rust needs rubbing down/treating.
I only use my car for 6 months over the summer,don't think I would bother going to the trouble of doing underside if I used it all year round :roll:
Would probably treat the rust and just use underbody sealer/wax oil etc if using through the winter ;)
Good luck with yours,get some pics up of the progress :top:

Top work mate!

Picked up suspension from the powdercoaters :cool:
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Put first coat of gloss on floor :D
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Coming on well,real pleased I've done it now :content:

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Looks smart! Quality colour choice aswell! :top:

Just make sure you don't scratch it getting the bushes in now :cry: :cry: :cry:

I found the ARB link rods the hardest to get back on without damaging :wall:

top work there m8 keep it up! :clap: :top:

IS that blue or silver Kev :?

Gonna look good when finished :clap: :top:

That underside looks mint.

Thanks all :top:

Is silver Paul,looks a bit weird on trailing arms in that pic :?
Driveshafts look correct colour,must be the camera/flash :top:

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Yeah,the ARB bushes look tight :cry:
How did you do it??????Big 'G' clamp????? :)

Plenty of lubricant.

The way i found the easiest was to put the ARB up with the brackets and bushes, then try and fit the Links. I think i Covered the jaws of my water pump pliers in masking tape, then used those on them.

Not too hard :top:

Have put the links onto the ARB before putting it up,did it in the vice,went in easier than I expected :top:
Just got to put them onto trailing arms now when on the car :)

nice one kev looking minty mint now is your car in a big ass barn ? if so lucky man i hate working on a wet drive :cry: