brakes + project

[fporro]

hey guys,
finally ready to dive into this project. have all needed work done and parts pressed in.

The new rear bearings are in as well as the S/F Bushings, welded reinforments for rear sway bar to trailing arm mounting point.

any advise ?
thanks.
Frank

[gstuning]

What a way to show some E30 love

No advice needed those are all bolts on now

[NickP]

Those fronts look exactly like what I'm trying to get done - who makes them?

Is there any adjustment between the tender/helper spring and the main spring?

[Mystikal]

Those are H&R's, never seen helpers on them before.

[fporro]

Yeap, all bolt on from now on, have to drill 4 more holes for rear sway bar mounts.

Coil Overs are H&R, no adjustment between springs, there is a metal holder fitted between them. adjusters sit at the very bottom of the lower set.

brakes are an early version of IE's Big Brake Kit. redrilled rears from 5 hole rotors, fronts are 2 piece type.

this is what i did so far...
- installed frame brake lines,
- rear sway bar,
- trailing arms into sub-frame,
- 3 jacks, raise whole assambly, wiggle in and attach old shocks to trailing arms., then you can pullback and forth on subframe assambly, line it up with S/F screws, dont forget washer between bushing and frame.

[fporro]

It's been a slow 2 days, tax time.

Anyways, replaced the passanger side parking b. cable and painted the brake rotors and calipers. It seems that i'll need to reinstall rear brake back plates so i can attach parking brakes shoes to it. hahaha, PASS THE HAMMER !!!

[Sean]

I was gonna say, paint those calipers. Especially since it's an early BBK. :D

Lookin good. I can't believe you raised the diff with the subframe, that woulda been tough. lol

[fporro]

painted and done, time for an aligment :)