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| Preperation |
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Jobs to do before the kit arrives (see pics below):
1. Remove front subframe 2. Remove front of car 3. Remove inner wings 4. Remove steering rack mounting bracket 5. Trim inner wings were subframe mounts 6. Remove captive nuts from bulkhead 7. Cut new hole for steering rack 8. Make 2 reinforcing brackets for the subframe floor mountings |
Front coming off |
This is what +90mm looks like |
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Front off |
Steering rack mount off, not needed as rack bolts to metro subframe |
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Found holes under front shock mounts both sides |
Repaired hole O/S, strip of metal clamped in place for extension |
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Repaired hole N/S, strip of metal clamped in place for extension |
2 x reinforcing plates |
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Inner wing has a lip that needs to be removed |
Inner wing lip removed, from center of bottom shock hole to bottom of lip is now 15mm |
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2 x captive nuts foul the subframe and so need removing |
New hole for steering rack 20mm diameter |
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All grinding done and painted |