well ladies, this is my part 2 for the subframe overhaul to make your show car under carriage. this time its for the front end though and im going ***** out. you may remember my previous subframe overhaul that showed the tear down and the steps i took to create my rear subframe finished product. now we do the front. here is a quick summary of what till happen (pics to be uploaded when i get home) this is just the introduction and will be a day by day progression to this thread. hold onto your panties!!!!



the undy twisting boxes that arrive at your front door :




ooo we all know that box tape


and the other guy... who rocks! :



well first things first, you might as well get all the parts you want to put on the car that will associate with this process or is made easier (ie clutches, headers, motor mounts etc) because there is going to be one bare and very workable engine bay on your hands. now if your smart you will do what i did. look at what is coming out of the car, and try to get a second set of those parts. like me i have 60K engine cradle, swing arms, steering rack, etc as pictured and of course a a new bushing set. only 2 different bushings are up here though . now we clean all these parts down with a grinder that has a wire brush attatchment to get that all new clean bare metal surface. after that. we simply paint them! or powder coat if you wanna get crazy . this process helps with down time of the car and also with less down time you get

A) more enjoyment time
B) more garage space
C) more memory of how **** goes back together.

as for me, im starting out with all these parts pre-painted ( i gotta see if i got front shock towers though )

im also starting out with a nice little aftermarket pile and oil pan so i can get that painted and also clean the engine bay, paint any attention needed spots and the engine itself. i also got a new MSA 6-2-1 header with the MSA twice pipes (god i hope they sound good im still so worried) all new KYB shocks and arizona Z car springs. im also going to be cleaning up my N42 intake and a valve cover to give the entire engine bay a nice clean show car look (now lets see if i can maintain it though). here are the pictures of my parts pile, sooooo nice!!!! :

the pile:


the little stuff:

 

wat?

cool.

 

the little stuff continued:







this will be painted... mmm... i think orange:

 

and goods!!!!



















this is going to be an amazing week... hopefully i can get it done before friday when i leave for U of I unofficial party, then saturday over to bradley to stay in a house full of girls (score!!!) and then mon-fri snowboarding in colo-****in-rado!!!!

 

are those car parts?

 

what? no no i cant have a car, mommy says its to dangerous, its for my big wheel. im pimpin mah ride.


yeah i should get to pulling everything later today so a nice little picture tare down montage should follow. hopefully....

 

i just eyeballed about 75% of my wishlist lying on your ping-pong table. WTF? You spyin snw?

 

lol!!! seein as i got it already i think ur be spyin on me!

also i didnt get much work done AT ALL! a new thread will be up explaining why, but here is where the car sits now and some before pictures.
















notice the paper towels in the door. the S30 bodies are that thin that they flex on jack stands so the door gaps close up so i stuck paper towels in there so when the gaps close they dont chip my paint

 

so what are you getting around in if you sold the 260 and now you have the 280 on jack stands?....

 

one of the other 6 cars we own

 

his mom has a minivan

 

there is my dads Z my 2 Z's the minivan the dodge spirit the hyundai sonata and they hyundai elantra. and my ZX that doesnt work AT ALL in the back. lol

 

He still has the 260, I have to wait till the end of the week to send money lol.

 

time is ticking.... im sick of the car already. lol. not really, but i want it gone fast, it keeps staring at me like, why are u doing this?!?!?! make it stop!!!!

 

Hurry up! I want to know how that twice pipes system sounds! Good stuff!

 

lol, ill see what i can do, im gonna shower, eat, go to the police station and get my accident reportn, then get to work.


edit: ****, i gotta plow the driveway to, after all the snow finally melted it goes and dumps 6 inches on us... AARRRGGHHH!!!1

 

touchey. touchey

 

i know exactly how ya feel snw. I was supposed to get offa work and put my muffler back on today. But some Jassonkey f-ed somethin up at work and another guy and myself ended up having to stay after work to fix it. By the time we got out, the shop was closing.