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I havn't updated this in a long time. Anyways here it is.
I did a complete front end over haul/subframe re and re and figured while I was in there might as well drop the oil pan and do the gasket.
I really wish I would have planned ahead and had an M10 oil pan already painted/prepped and ready to go, but it was kind of a last minute decision to do the pan while the subframe was off, but either way I'm not bothered. A new gasket is a happy gasket.
The reason why I actually replaced the front subframe wasn't just because I had a nice painted one, but I had one that I had reinforced in order to prevent a common subframe failure which occurs between where the steering box and engine mount bolt up on the driver side of the frame.
Bolted in
I also finally finished up the e-brake assembly on the car. I was missing one spring return clip for the driver side, so I had been running around with only one caliper working for ebrakes (which actually still worked better than the stock drums, haha)
So here's the list of things that have been replaced this year during the front and rear axle over hauls:
Front:
-Strut bearings
-Billy Sport Struts
-Eibach springs
-Control arms, control arm bushings , control arm ball joints
-Radius rod bushings (poly)
-Swaybars (fucking huge) with poly bushings
-Center link
-Idler arm/bushings
-tie rods complete
-Steering box is a relatively fresh ZF reman from Kirin's car (PO works for ZF)
-Motor mount (one side was available, will do the other as soon as I can get it)
-Oil pan gasket
-Beefed up subframe
Rear end:
-Shock towers cut out/rebuilt no more rust
-Rear shock tower strut bar with battery hold down
-Shock mounts
-Billy Sport Shocks
-Eibach springs
-OEM subframe mounts with Ireland Poly inserts
-Poly diff mounts
-OEM trailing arm bushings
-3.91LSD/modifief ireland flanges
-Rear wheel bearings/seals
-Rebuilt CV axles
Also. almost all pieces of metal I put in the car have been sandblasted and painted with POR15 or something similar.
Included in the front and rear overhauls were brakes which consisted of:
Front:
-E21 Vented Rotors
-Volvo four piston calipers
-Late model E21 hubs/new wheel bearings
-Dan Block pads
-New OEM brake lines (would like to replace with SS)
Rear:
-Mk1 VW rotors
-Mk2 Scirocco calipers
-Modified shaved down 2002 stub axles/trailing arms
-ATE pads
-SS lines (all four)
-Custom caliper mounting brackets
-Modified E-brake cables
To power that I put in an E12 brake master cylinder and filled the car up with ATE super blue.
I did a complete front end over haul/subframe re and re and figured while I was in there might as well drop the oil pan and do the gasket.
I really wish I would have planned ahead and had an M10 oil pan already painted/prepped and ready to go, but it was kind of a last minute decision to do the pan while the subframe was off, but either way I'm not bothered. A new gasket is a happy gasket.
The reason why I actually replaced the front subframe wasn't just because I had a nice painted one, but I had one that I had reinforced in order to prevent a common subframe failure which occurs between where the steering box and engine mount bolt up on the driver side of the frame.
Bolted in
I also finally finished up the e-brake assembly on the car. I was missing one spring return clip for the driver side, so I had been running around with only one caliper working for ebrakes (which actually still worked better than the stock drums, haha)
So here's the list of things that have been replaced this year during the front and rear axle over hauls:
Front:
-Strut bearings
-Billy Sport Struts
-Eibach springs
-Control arms, control arm bushings , control arm ball joints
-Radius rod bushings (poly)
-Swaybars (fucking huge) with poly bushings
-Center link
-Idler arm/bushings
-tie rods complete
-Steering box is a relatively fresh ZF reman from Kirin's car (PO works for ZF)
-Motor mount (one side was available, will do the other as soon as I can get it)
-Oil pan gasket
-Beefed up subframe
Rear end:
-Shock towers cut out/rebuilt no more rust
-Rear shock tower strut bar with battery hold down
-Shock mounts
-Billy Sport Shocks
-Eibach springs
-OEM subframe mounts with Ireland Poly inserts
-Poly diff mounts
-OEM trailing arm bushings
-3.91LSD/modifief ireland flanges
-Rear wheel bearings/seals
-Rebuilt CV axles
Also. almost all pieces of metal I put in the car have been sandblasted and painted with POR15 or something similar.
Included in the front and rear overhauls were brakes which consisted of:
Front:
-E21 Vented Rotors
-Volvo four piston calipers
-Late model E21 hubs/new wheel bearings
-Dan Block pads
-New OEM brake lines (would like to replace with SS)
Rear:
-Mk1 VW rotors
-Mk2 Scirocco calipers
-Modified shaved down 2002 stub axles/trailing arms
-ATE pads
-SS lines (all four)
-Custom caliper mounting brackets
-Modified E-brake cables
To power that I put in an E12 brake master cylinder and filled the car up with ATE super blue.
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