Rear Suspension Upgrade In Progress (Powdercoat Inside!!)

[black 10th vert]

Thanks.. Now I have to figure out how to clean up the ugly ass half shafts and spindles I dont want to take apart:bash:

When I did mine, I carefully taped everything, and sandblasted the halfshafts. The rubber boots will prevent the sand from getting into them. Then, I just primed, and painted them. With the spindles, I pressed them apart to sandblast, and re-finish them, but I have special tools and fixtures that I made for doing that type of work many years ago. Everything looks great, so you don't really want to put it back in with rusty axles do you?

 

[DSG2NV03]

When I did mine, I carefully taped everything, and sandblasted the halfshafts. The rubber boots will prevent the sand from getting into them. Then, I just primed, and painted them. With the spindles, I pressed them apart to sandblast, and re-finish them, but I have special tools and fixtures that I made for doing that type of work many years ago. Everything looks great, so you don't really want to put it back in with rusty axles do you?

Heck no.. I am painting the half shafts which is no big deal, but I am not sure what to do about the knuckles. Just sketchy about tearing those dudes apart at like 600 bones a piece. Might just tape and spray them also.

 

[bb97gt]

Looks great man, what color is that exactly? Silver Vain?

 

[Jimmysidecarr]

Do you have a link for the bushing kit?

Full Tilt Boogie Racing

 

[greengt88]

what did all that powdercoating cost if u don't mind me asking?

 

[DSG2NV03]

Looks great man, what color is that exactly? Silver Vain?

Yes Silver Vein with 2 coats of clear

what did all that powdercoating cost if u don't mind me asking?

About the cost of some new 80lbers :bash:
This is the best time to do it though...

 

[ac427cobra]

Looking good Alex!!!:-D

Thanks.. Now I have to figure out how to clean up the ugly ass half shafts and spindles I dont want to take apart:bash:

I have an answer for you regarding the knuckle assemblies:

Remanufactured knuckle assemblies

:thumbsup::coolman::beer:

 

[SCMOKN]

Full Tilt Boogie Racing is where I got them from. Bruce is on here and his name is AC427Cobra. Great guy and great products.
Currently I am painting the half shafts hammered black. Lets see how they turn out.

Alex

Thanks! I have a 99 unit in the car now, and a 03 unit that I am going to build.

 

[mysteed]

Wow, VERY nice! :beer:

 

[DSG2NV03]

Looking good Alex!!!:-D





I have an answer for you regarding the knuckle assemblies:

Remanufactured knuckle assemblies

:thumbsup::coolman::beer:

Thanks Bruce. I may have to check those out...

Thanks! I have a 99 unit in the car now, and a 03 unit that I am going to build.

Sounds like a cool project. Id save up for the FTBR kit though. If you are going to do it... Do it right..

Wow, VERY nice! :beer:

Thanks!!!:beer:

 

[01trublue cobra]

Damn, I should of done that when I installed my FTBR kit. I wonder if I can powder coat without removing the bushing I installed.

 

[04MystiCobra]

I'm going to use that color in my 02 Harley Davidson F-150. Looks really nice.

 

[DSG2NV03]

I'm going to use that color in my 02 Harley Davidson F-150. Looks really nice.

Yea I dig it also.. All my front suspension accessories are done in it. Basically everything but the MM K Member and A arms.

 

[PWORLDSTANG]

That came out looking great!

 

[SCMOKN]

Sounds like a cool project. Id save up for the FTBR kit though. If you are going to do it... Do it right..

Thats the plan. I actually have a bunch of parts on here for sale to help out with the build.

 

[DSG2NV03]

Update: Well I played with it a little bit tonite and made some progress on it. This is after2 rounds. Absolutly nothing was fitting right, so I put everything down and played some Black Ops and came back to it a few hours later. Also, last night I played with the half shafts a little bit to see what I could come up with. Dont mind the finger prints. New LPW cover will be here tomorrow!

Also, I just want to say that Bruce is worth his weight in gold!!!! I ask the most off the wall, retarded questions at all hours of the day and night and he answers them almost immediatly and is nothing but helpful. Bruce you are an amazing dude!!! :beer::beer::beer:

Alex

 

[jrgoffin]

Looks nice!

Out of curiosity, what is the rough weight of the bare cradle???

Doing the job on mine soon and figured I would strip everything out of the cradle before dropping it. Seems a bit less painful to put it back in piece-by-piece as well (I hope!).

 

[DSG2NV03]

I dont know if I would recommend stripping it while it was in the car to save weight. This is where a buddy comes in and a jack. I lowered mine out of the way my myself and it was a PITA, but dooable.

 

[jrgoffin]

Yeah, was thinking that, but since I am doing the job solo, figured I would pull the control arms, axles, and pumpkin first. I'll probably spread the job out over a month or so and am not in any big hurry!

 

[04MystiCobra]

Yeah, was thinking that, but since I am doing the job solo, figured I would pull the control arms, axles, and pumpkin first. I'll probably spread the job out over a month or so and am not in any big hurry!

I did mine solo too and you can do it alone and fully assembled. Just gotta balance it just right on the jack.