These are s4 lcas.. It seems to e stronger to do the control arms, as everytime you bend/break a balljoint you need to remake an extended one... Those give out if you bump into anythig. Control arms not so much. Control arm seems like a better idea just for the strenght though also

 

Exactly! i talked to Dan about it and he told me the same thing as i originally was going to do the ball joints. but instead these are better and stronger. so i can do cool stuff and know they wont break. somebody needs to make cool balljoints....

 

Quick Update

Got all my front suspension parts done! and also got some new parts along the way.

Got everything to wire my chassis. Relays, fuse panel, switches, wire and all that!





Driveshaft and the final bushings for the rear.





and then i got to putting the front back together and its given me a boost of motivation. getting ready to drop the rear next week and finish up the suspension.

cleaned the subframe/painted



My mixture of purple power and dish soap works wonders



Then boom! paint



then installed everything up to my brandy new brake calipers







Next week its time to get this thing back on the ground! duecessss

 

Sick bro! envious of your track the closest one to me is like 3 hours

PS: what was in that plastic bag that said "drop"

 

Yeah man I'm in a pretty decent area since their are multiple tracks within a couple hours! And those are Drop Engineering rear subframe bushings

 

do they give you any sort of drop or is that just the brand name

 

this looks pretty promising - I did pretty much everything you did here too - save for the control arm extension.

keep it up

 

No drop just delrin subframe bushings!

 

Thanks man! I'm trying to take my time but I want to drive so bad.

 

nice build man!!!

 

looks good for a drift beater keep it up

 

Thanks dudes! im trying my best to make the car how i want it! i apologize to everyone who follows my build for how slow i am with updates! Its taking awhile to get it back on the ground. i have the car at my buddys house and that prevents me from working on it as much as i want to. as of right now i am working on the rear subframe and control arms and as soon as that is done and bolted up it will be on its way home! Thanks again for all the positive feedback!

 

This thing still isn't done?!

 

Hahaha not yet! Soon though! Sorry for the lack of updates but hopefully this thing will be back on a regular schedule soon. I have been taking a lot of pictures of the progress so far just saving it for one big update!

 

Now figure out where you will need to notch/reinforce your FLCAs. IIRC, they will be the next point of interest in the quest for more lock. Those or your fenders.

 

Yeah I was talking to Dan at DCW and he says to fit my wheels and fenders first cause I may not need to notch them. So far with no wheel on the car the angle is crazzyyyy but with a 18x9.5 it hits everything. So I think with the right wheel/tire size and fender size I should be able to get awesome angle without notching. But I will probably notch anyway down the line!

 

I believe PBM has some goodies for us in the control arm/angle dept. New rear end parts on the way too.

EDIT- Have you considered stiffening the front subframe at all?? Seems to me you could help it out with some structural foam or bracing, unless it's stronger than I give it credit for.

 

Yeah I'm stoked for all the companies coming out with sweet parts for the FC! But I'll stick with DCW cause his **** is raddddd

As for the front subframe it's pretty strong and doesn't really need any bracing. It's bolted straight to the frame so it's pretty rigid already.

 

Ok here is a update before my thread dies. I have said this for like months now but i am bringing the car back to my house very soon. Im pretty much done with the suspension and bushings. All i need to do now is assemble the subframe and make my center camber arm then bolt it up and get her towed home just in time for Thanksgiving and a 4 day weekend! Sorry for the lack of updates but i appreciate all the positive feedback ive been getting. ill try and keep this thread on a better schedule.

So basically my car is at a friends house and i have been taking parts out of it and bringing them home to work on them it sucks and im tired of it but here is the subframe being worked on. had to burn out the bushings then separate the sleeves. Basically burn all of the rubber you can then hit the sleeves with a wire brush to clean the seems and boom they basically fall out.





Here is what the sleeves look like. these are alittle bent from popping them out but you get the idea



It is literally the same thing when it comes to the diff bushings...







I started my regular routine of cleaning the diff and subframe the best that i could. i decided to leave the diff unpainted as i might switch out to a different diff down the road...



Since Dan at DCW makes baller/heavy duty parts i had to drill out my toe rod holes to fit the new ones. Just picked up a reduced shank drill bit and went to town!

 

The toe rods are sickkkk cant wait to get this thing aligned and drive it with the new suspension!

Laid down some paint on the subframe then pressed in the new delrin bushings..





Also started knocking out the rear control arms. You know the drill..Disassemble, clean, paint, reassemble







Got my new competition front diff mount from mazdatrix (same damn thing as stock) and the parts to make my center camber link which should be pretty sweet when its done, ill post pictures of it whens its done





Also went to a local event and hungout with Jlowe and Dan... their cars are so sickk super motivation to get my **** together.





And Dan doing man things...

 

Also! remember that sweet e30? i broke it and bought a truck....i ran into a curb trying to be funny and trust me it was!







And my sweet new truck! super stoked on it!



Thats all i have at the moment! suspension should FINALLY be done this week. Thanks for checking out my thread. Deuceeeesssss!

 

Nice work. I like.

 

Thanks duder!

 

Let's get this turdmobile on the ground today!

 

FrankieK hey man parts by max is making a solid front diff mount. It look way thougher then the mazdatrix one.