Is this normal?

[xcessiv6]

Glad to see you are making progress.

 

[regal81455]

Glad to see you are making progress.

THANKS MAN!! :biggrin: It hasn't been cheap getting here though!!

 

[regal81455]

update

Well I decided to prep some parts this weekend. Sandblasting and PC'ing a plenty!! Also a pic of the UMI rear trailing arm braces. Take a look...

 

[regal81455]

last pic...

also Im having trouble identifying the "OLD" upper CA's and the ball joints that came with them. The #'s on the ball joints do not cross with anything I can find and Ive tried calling Wildside Speed with no luck Is there anything way to figure out what these were for? Id like to sell them to get some of my moola back from the SPC purchase. This info I do have is the ID of the ball joint mount is 2.25" and the bolt centering is 1.25" between the two lefts/rights and 2.125" between the center two. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[regal81455]

this look better?

ok so we got the front springs/spindles back on ( hopefully for the last time ) . does it look better - the springs I believe are indexed properly and they have been flipped as discussed...

 

[mach.80]

Pic as requested.

Hope this helps.

 

[regal81455]

Awesome thanks for all your help Im pretty sure these were right but didn't want to go to much further till someone chimed in and unknowingly I think you might have helped me figure out what the setup was for that didn't work too!! :biggrin: maybe I can get rid of them now and make up some of that green stuff I lost when I had to go with the SPC's

thanks again!!

 

[jdpolzin]

Nothing wrong is catching my eyes. I think it looks good!

 

[regal81455]

Nothing wrong is catching my eyes. I think it looks good!

Thanks jeremy!! now all I need is a solution to applying weight in order to final tighten everything, anyone have any suggestions? dad and i were thinking about resting the forks of a forklift on the engine cradle to simulate car/engine weight enough to at least pre-load the suspension some ( can someone elaborate on stock ride height? ). What do you think, will that work or are we just crazy? Just trying to think outside the box some TIA

 

[jdpolzin]

I wouldnt worry about it. Just tighten the lower control arm bolts to the point that you can still move them up and down easily. Then once the car is together, Finish tightening them. Your not going to crank them down anyways. Your essentially just holding the control arms in. Do the same with the front swaybar, just get it started and finish it later down the road.

 

[regal81455]

ok sounds good!! ill move on to the next installing the steering linkage etc...

thanks for all your help everyone!!