I'm the dude, man.

[Dudermagee]

and the solid subframe bushings
one done:



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


and new favorite tool just because

[Jesus Christ]

nice gloves, dudette.

[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

[Dudermagee]

nice gloves, dudette.

don't be jealous

[andybob]

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

[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]

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

[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.

[11E30]

Ahhh that Kouki is so sexy.


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

[EM_lowso]

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

[Mr Ganja]

Good stuff, subscribed.

[Dudermagee]

some more updates
went ahead and got an agitator for my bolts and what not


brake cylinders before cleaning


pressed them in and assembled the calipers

[Dudermagee]

Some more brake goodness


and back together


brake pad assembly


and all on


got the rotors resurfaced and put it all on with SS lines

[Dudermagee]

and the rear calipers


pistons


and together


forgot to take pics of them on and with brake pads

Ebrake setup, painted flat black shields


had to put the copper spring holder through the upright and shield, was a huge pain in the ass


so many parts


new springs and stuff


how they go on


brake grease in the right spots according to FSM


almost done...


with the adjuster


all done and bolted up to hubs

[Dudermagee]

adding fluid to the diff, only the best


rear end all together looking pretty


another


close up


and on