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| Made good progress on both the rear & front suspension. |
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| Rear suspension |
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| Various bumper & strut brackets and misc. parts prior to sandblast |
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| Bam! Same brackets after blast & powder coating. |
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| Trailing arms installed w/shims in place |
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| Steering box bolts into frame |
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| Steering box mounted. |
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| Strut rod going into refurbished original bracket. |
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| Old strut support vs. refurbished. Note: size is the same, picture made it appear smaller, but it's not. |
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| Aftermarket adjustable struts (before/bottom), and correct originals (top) |
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| We also installed the period-correct rear AC Delco shocks |
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| Shocks & Struts installed. |
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| Installed the rear leaf spring |
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| Rear brake lines installed w/correct clips |
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| Re-connecting half shafts |
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| Test fitting the front shocks |
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| Test fit of Idler Arm. Finish wasn't 'up-to-par'...so we removed it and re-painted it. |
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| Rebuilt the Drag-link |
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| Drag-link complete |
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| Front suspension still needing installed. Missing some bolts/etc. |
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| Note front lower A-Arms are installed! |
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| Idler Arm repaint complete and installed. |
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| New Drag-link vs. Old one |
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| New tie rods vs. old ones |
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| End of day. Solid progress over the past 2 days. |
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