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[SSIKness666]

Pm'd.

[SSIKness666]

YAY!! I conquered =)

Ok so Whiteline anti-lift kit (KCA316) is in after grease, strength, blood and a handful of swearwords (prolly not as much as Nick ).

 

Oh that 'snap' sound of OE mounting bracket bolts beginning to loosen

 

Had to use 6 planks of wood (3 for each side) to get leverage to get my trolley jack under because as it turns out, my car is too low Plus I needed to have the front wheels under normal load, while still being able to access the rear lower control arm nut and rear LCA mount nuts to torque them up.

 

Torque wrench to the rescue! After it was looking very dismal in terms of getting the bolts undone, my torque wrench acted as a breaker bar.

 

 

A big thanks to my mate who assisted and Josh (sbv) for lending me the crowbar.

 

Tips for those looking at attempting this:

A crowbar is a must for prying the control arm away from the chassis with a more angled head, the better.

Whiteline's instructions say to undo the rear lower control arm nut, then the rear LCA mount nuts. Do it the other way round as I couldn't get a socket head onto the LCA nut, let alone a wrench too.
Grease the rear LCA bolt shaft (not thread). Makes it much easier to slide the mount into place.

 

In the pics it doesn't show the chamfered washers flush with the bush, as I forgot it first time round, but they're on.

[duncanm]

Does the ALK alter the castor ?  Offset of the hole is way different

[duncanm]

Oh ok, RTFM: http://www.whiteline...t_number=KCA361

 

Answer is yes.  

[AB501UT!0N]

Good job at replacing the ALK and it is great to see pics of it done

[SSIKness666]

ON!

 

 

Bridgestone Potenza RE002's in 225/45/R17

 

5 years ago when I first got this car and wanted to go from 16's to 17's in the same style, I had no idea the result would be this good! Filled in the front guard by about 0.5 - 1 inch and so now it looks like I have coilover ride height

 

I'm loving my choice of gold locknuts over blue as originally planned. 2pots will be painted gold too, when I get time

 

She is going into Pedders next week for a full suspension/steering/wheel alignment.

[Barbbachello]

Looking good 

[Morgan]

Tidy

[Liberty]

Very nice man, well done.

[AB501UT!0N]

Looks the business mate and I think the suit your car nicely and I shall be interested in what you think of the RE002's

[SSIKness666]

Looks the business mate and I think the suit your car nicely and I shall be interested in what you think of the RE002's

 

So far no complaints here.

These are my first set of soft compound tyres and so there is noticeably more grip, very comfy despite my semi harsh ride due to NVH from suspension components and no squeaking like KU31's which were the tyres I was initially going to get.

Here are today's results from Pedders:

[Barbbachello]

Dat front toe to begin with wow haha

[AB501UT!0N]

Glad to hear that the tires are going good

 

And it is cool to see what pedders did and like Nick said that toe in is a fair bit different now! Haha and how does it drive?

[Jberg89]

Just read your build for the first time....I like what you have done. Them wheels look so good. Good stuff mate

[SSIKness666]

Glad to hear that the tires are going good

 

And it is cool to see what pedders did and like Nick said that toe in is a fair bit different now! Haha and how does it drive?

 

The grip is much more precise/sharp ie more responsive and for daily driving it's a great setup.

 

Just read your build for the first time....I like what you have done. Them wheels look so good. Good stuff mate

 

Thanks! I want to stiffen up all the driveline so that with the power I DO make, it will be put to the ground more effectively, and the parts I'm using are used on turbo/performance Subarus too so there should be no loss of power through the driveline from sloppy bushes.

 

Update:
Ok so my Group buy order for the RalliTEK transmission mount inserts arrived, along with Kartboy rear diff bushes and STi Group N engine mounts.

 

Today a mate and I debadged the bootlid (using his heatgun) and did a Myles and fitted my unpainted front bumper in place of my very badly beaten and bruised one. It might not be the same colour (silver) but it sure looks good, and the previous bumper was from a facelifted wagon so now I have a proper rev DE RX bumper.

 

Despite that it's a different colour, that won't stop me putting an ezlip and vinyl fog light tint.

 

A tad disappointed that the removal of the Liberty RX 2.5 badge left 2 small holes but the rear end looks so much cleaner now and the bootlid will get the spoiler holes welded up and a respray anyways (one day..).

 

Photos to come once she's had a bath.

 

Next major mod in the pipeline has been added to page 1, highlighted in red.

[Jberg89]

Awesome stuff....keen to see some pictures mate.

[AB501UT!0N]

 

The grip is much more precise/sharp ie more responsive and for daily driving it's a great setup.

 

 

Thanks! I want to stiffen up all the driveline so that with the power I DO make, it will be put to the ground more effectively, and the parts I'm using are used on turbo/performance Subarus too so there should be no loss of power through the driveline from sloppy bushes.

 

Update:
Ok so my Group buy order for the RalliTEK transmission mount inserts arrived, along with Kartboy rear diff bushes and STi Group N engine mounts.

 

Today a mate and I debadged the bootlid (using his heatgun) and did a Myles and fitted my unpainted front bumper in place of my very badly beaten and bruised one. It might not be the same colour (silver) but it sure looks good, and the previous bumper was from a facelifted wagon so now I have a proper rev DE RX bumper.

 

Despite that it's a different colour, that won't stop me putting an ezlip and vinyl fog light tint.

 

A tad disappointed that the removal of the Liberty RX 2.5 badge left 2 small holes but the rear end looks so much cleaner now and the bootlid will get the spoiler holes welded up and a respray anyways (one day..).

 

Photos to come once she's had a bath.

 

Next major mod in the pipeline has been added to page 1, highlighted in red.

 

Any pics of your car de badged and I was rolling on different coloured panels for a while and I think that is better than damaged panels  

 

And I am very interested to see how the next three mods that your are doing at the moment and I am wanting to do alot of these mods on my Blitzen now that the engine is running like a dream ( stupid vacuum line ) Haha

 

GFB lightweight crank and alternator pulleys - We need a group buy for these too!

[SSIKness666]

Here are some pics guys

Debadged

 

New front bumper on! YAY!

 

So here's an idea..

Before

 

After

[SSIKness666]

 

Any pics of your car de badged and I was rolling on different coloured panels for a while and I think that is better than damaged panels

 

And I am very interested to see how the next three mods that your are doing at the moment and I am wanting to do alot of these mods on my Blitzen now that the engine is running like a dream ( stupid vacuum line ) Haha

 

GFB lightweight crank and alternator pulleys - We need a group buy for these too!

 

 

YAY! So this means that you WON'T be getting rid of your Blitzen? So happy to hear this!

Who knows, I might give GFB a call.

[AB501UT!0N]

 

 

YAY! So this means that you WON'T be getting rid of your Blitzen? So happy to hear this!

Who knows, I might give GFB a call.

 

Haha hopefully note and if u do I shall be interested in the outcome.

 

Also the debadging looks good and so does the front bumper and with a lick of paint your car will be looking mint

 

Also any plans for number plate spacers?