Thought I should update this. Nothing much exciting has happened really. First semester of UNI just finished, the E28 was hardly touched during this time.
A couple of months ago I took it for a drive with a friend, I really need to drive it again
Last week during my semester break I decided I would fix something that has bugging me for quite a while. When I rebuilt the rear suspension and fitted the Posi-Lock rear camber/toe adjusters I welded them on myself and the welds weren't the best. Every time I drive it there has been the thought in the back of my mind that if they break I'm in a bad situation. So I decided to pull the rear subframe back out, grind off the old welds and get the welding done by a professional for piece of mind.
Rear end dismantled - only took about 3.5 hours to have the subframe out.
Example of one of the ugliest old welds, surprisingly there was no signs of any of the better welds cracking.
New welds, much better.
Repainted the subframe while I had it out.
Putting it all back together was a bit more of a pain, but it came together in the end. It's a good feeling to have one of those annoying jobs out of the way!
Also update the first post of this thread with an overall modification list for those interested.
Thanks again!
A couple of months ago I took it for a drive with a friend, I really need to drive it again
Last week during my semester break I decided I would fix something that has bugging me for quite a while. When I rebuilt the rear suspension and fitted the Posi-Lock rear camber/toe adjusters I welded them on myself and the welds weren't the best. Every time I drive it there has been the thought in the back of my mind that if they break I'm in a bad situation. So I decided to pull the rear subframe back out, grind off the old welds and get the welding done by a professional for piece of mind.
Rear end dismantled - only took about 3.5 hours to have the subframe out.
Example of one of the ugliest old welds, surprisingly there was no signs of any of the better welds cracking.
New welds, much better.
Repainted the subframe while I had it out.
Putting it all back together was a bit more of a pain, but it came together in the end. It's a good feeling to have one of those annoying jobs out of the way!
Also update the first post of this thread with an overall modification list for those interested.
Thanks again!
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