Project:Soarer by megamax

4 minute(s) of a 462 minute read

2-12-2015

so after over 2 years of not driving straight, and evident sag of the wheels in the front, it is time to do the front suspension so the effing car can steer straight so I can like it more. initially I just wanted to do everything shy of the lca's because those are 500 a set. well I have to get those now too. 

but, this all started when I had to replace my engine cross member.

then it spread like wildfire, or like a gay man at a boy scouts camp. I had to remove and reseal my oil pan because the back was sweating oil. so I picked up these nifty suckers to keep that from happening again.

then I got my bushlings, should I put these in if iam getting brand new arms??

the spindles weren't really a ****ing pain UNTILL....

that upper 22m nut is a fkn pain so I have to go to harbor freight and get a cresent 22mm. 

I will knock the rust off these today and show a after pic, anyone know what that white semen-like stuff is on the abs sensor? is it lithium grease??

so the biggest and worst nightmare of this ordeal is this fkn rh lca!!!

the bolt is seized in the arm so I had to take the whole effing member off.

so not effing cool. now I need to sawzall the bolt apart to get this done

fml, so stay tuned!!

so the biggest and worst nightmare of this ordeal is this fkn rh lca!!!

the bolt is seized in the arm so I had to take the whole effing member off.

That mk4 front upper control arms were different than the sc upper arms?? iirc the mk4 and the sc shared the same engine mount support. apparently not(sad face)

so I ordered some oem front lower arms(getting anal reamed, but a deal at $515 for the pair after tax). so iam hoping those work.

I see that the mk4's arms are longer iam guessing this makes coilover usage easier to alighn??

and finally I have a question can the adjustable bolts in the engine mount/front be used on the back(the black x-member)??

obviously I will be missing an adjustable bolt, but I have a few spare front ones. the rears look SLIGHTLY thicker.

think I can get by with the one on the left?

so after 2 and a half + years of use, think it's time to replace my rotors??