Isabel's West Coast Sister by relentless

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More progress. I was able to remove the front shocks, although one nut was more difficult to remove. Three of the nuts were able to be removed using a half inch socket and socket wrench with extension. One nut on the bottom was too close to the shock rocker and I couldn't get a socket on it. I ended up using a crow's foot socket and a socket wrench with extension.



I found a lot of chipped paint under the top shock mount. There is a spring isolator in the shock tower. Total Control Products makes a 1/4" isolator that I think will help lower the front of the car, but I won't know everything until I remove the spring.  



I spent some time with a brass brush on my drill cleaning the rust off the front rotor. I then painted part of the rotor using a VHT caliper paint rated at 900 degrees. I am hoping I can keep the rust off if this paint holds up.

So I bolted the driver's side front wheel back on and was satisfied with new black on the front rotor.



I then took the driver's side rear wheel off and gave the rear rotor the blackout treatment.  





After that I decided to see if the Verseilles rear disc brake guard would fit. I found out why the PO didn't install them - there was a broken bolt snapped off where the bottom hole for the guard mounts. So I spent a lot of time drilling out the broken fastener and then re-tapping the hole so I can put a new bolt in place.