myflat6

Go Rams

Super90

Adjustable spring plates are a good thing. Everyone at my shop said so. We obviously are not building concours cars, so, that provides some leeway.

I just had my CVs rebooted. I've done it before, but hate that job, so I had Chris at Mayo's do them for me. God bless him.

Nice work on the heater boxes Bill ! Per Ed, I used red oxide paint and clear over that.

myflat6

^Agree on spring plates. The challenge is the balance - as I was refinishing my steel trailing arms I was wondering if I should have just replaced with aluminum arms (from later models) - decided to stick with stock steel trailing arms and stock spring plates.

I took your tips on heater boxes - I already had the high temp clear from touching up my 'big red' calipers on my 993.

myflat6

Well the driver side rear is back together. Took a little while to figure out how to put the ebrake assembly back together. Also fought getting the hub in the new bearing - I even had the hub in the freezer. Still waiting for calipers to come back from PMB. Will torque the hub nut and insert the cotter pin once I get the car back on the ground.

Super90

Excellent !!!

Spyerx

myflat6

^, ^^ thanks guys

Took Rob's tips on restoring the taillight assemblies. They were sandblasted and painted using exactly what he posted to use. I did get a couple small runs, but the seals will cover the runs on the edges. The back covers were plated

WBYonder

Raven 666

Yep they look like new again....

myflat6

^, ^^ thanks guys

So it has been raining like crazy in SoCal - haven't wanted to even go in the garage (yes, weather wimp). So I thought I would clean up my taillight lenses to look good with the cleaned up housings. I already had the paint from cleaning up the housings so decided to clean up the chrome edges to remove dirt and loose paint - there was quite a bit of chrome paint missing. Then masked them off, painted with the chrome paint and sealed with clear to protect the new finish. Came out decent for low effort low cost. Was afraid to completely strip the original finish due to concerns with clouding the plastic with removers (these are old original lenses). Areas that don't look quite as good are due to marks in the plastic. Ordered new seals.
I guess I accomplished something this week

Super90

Too much work. No progress for me in two weeks.

Spyerx

myflat6

I hope to get the passenger rear finished this weekend. I understand about work. Busier times are coming my way soon at work. I think the front end is going to take a lot more time.

myflat6

PMB shipped my rear calipers today along with fresh Porterfields and speed bleeds Cant wait to get the rear suspension/brakes back together!

Spyerx

Nice. BTW, when I need porterfields I just call them and drive over. They're just down in Costa Mesa.