Final touches before dropping the car back down, I took the the black painted JUN a-arm braces and installed them. Nice and simple bolt in affair. Just had to back out the bolts and replace, nothing needed to be disassembled (for which I was grateful).
Somebody on the forum hit me up for the old Nitto NT01s that were on the car- 245s and 275s (since I had the new Hankook Ventus just sitting around). so I pulled off the Nittos and sold them to him and mounted on the fatty 265/315s. They look great! And they also currently do not fit the car with the car's alignment completely out of wack from the delrin bushing install, new rack, and tie rods. I think, even with the alignment, it will either barely clear....or barely not. Alignment & corner balance @ Evasivemotorsports is scheduled for the first Sat of April, so ::fingers crossed::. Otherwise, off these tires go, and on something new goes. I definitely felt like I had a little more space to play with when I had the 245s/275s....we'll find out exactly how much space that should be in a few more weeks.
After all this, I was on my way to putting the car back together. Bumper back on, headlights back on, car back on the ground.
....and then I realized I forgot to put on my Nagisa fender braces.
Sure, I'll eventually have one reason or another to take the car back apart, and then I can throw the braces on then. But I have more than enough parts stockpiled and waiting for a good time to be installed. I figured I might as well create the moment for the fender brace install since the car is garaged until it's alignment appointment.
So earlier this week, back up on the jacks it went...off the headlights, bumper, and fenders it went.
I thought it'd be a good time to show some awesome attention to detail SevenApple (Makito) did on the front fenders, as far as reinforcing the edges for structurally rigidity.
I also cleaned off about 14 years of dirt and dust that had been gathering in that space between the body and the fender of the car. Funny how I keep finding new spots filled with crud on this car :/
Anyway, onward to my Nagisa fender brace install pictures. It was a really straightforward install, with great fitment. Very very close clearance to the body, but in the end - no issues with contact.
Next update in a few weeks:
- I got my repaired UIM back with a few additional improvements to it (more pics!)
- Alignment & corner balance results