I'm the dude, man.

[EM_lowso]

wow talk about a build thread! fuckin awesome dude, can't wait to see the finished product..

[11E30]

Ahhh that Kouki is so sexy.


Beautiful car, I can't wait to see what happens to it. Suscribed!

[Dudermagee]

I'm not saying your lying, but that's just weird to me.

lol I know.
From what I understand its like I just took my open diff out and put it right back in.
As long as you follow the order and put everything back in exactly as it was taken out, it works.

I must have read about 20+ posts of people saying thats all they did and they are at 20k + miles.
I'm guessing the OEM spec has rather high tolerances.

[andybob]

I'm not saying your lying, but that's just weird to me.

[Dudermagee]

You know with diffs your suppose to set pinon depth and bearing pre-load right?

Oh I know you're supposed to, and normally I'm all for doing things correctly.
However from the research I've done it isn't needed for the HLSD.

[andybob]

You know with diffs your suppose to set pinon depth and bearing pre-load right?

[Dudermagee]

nice gloves, dudette.

don't be jealous

[Dudermagee]

and the final update for now, the S15 HLSD upgrade.

OE open diff:


poof gone (yeah I cleaned that out too, just forgot to take a pic)


ring gear off of old diff and new hlsd, forgot to take pics of me taking it off )that shit isn't normally easy....unless you have a nice impact )


Now I have put it all back together, but forgot to take pics after I smashed/cut my finger when dropping the new diff in. You see I had to hold the bearing guides on while lining up the diff, while trying not to actually "drop it" and it caught my thumb going in, lots of fun.


Anyways I temporally put the cover on and degreased\washed\sanded the outside,
taped it off, and painted (no POR15 has it has a protective coating already and there wasn't any rust):



pressed in the final Diff bushings, touched up the paint, installed the gasket, and torqued to spec.



all it needs is some fluid and its good to go

more updates soon

[Jesus Christ]

nice gloves, dudette.

[Dudermagee]

and the solid subframe bushings
one done:



and all the rest, along with the diff solid bushings:


and new favorite tool just because

[Dudermagee]

Then I moved onto pressing in all the bushings.
First off the rear uprights and the spherical bearings\bushings.
this:



into this x6:


first I tried this:


which worked ok until the bolt snapped, then I said fuck it and pressed them all in



which worked good but fucked up my fresh paint :/ oh well I'll touch it up later
finished

[jared1988]

painting on top of a NISMO box no less!

[andybob]

You're the dude, man.

This is going to be awesome when done.

[Raarasutra]

Aluminum is much sexier, I have to agree

[Dudermagee]

I degreased, rinsed, sanded (wire brushed a couple rust spots), washed with soap and water
then I hung up the uprights, RLCA, and subframe for POR 15
before:


After:


Then I used a POR 15 top coat metal coat shit, but I didn't like it.
I ended up going to Home Depot and found industrial grade rustoleum in aluminum