The car is now up on stands and the rear stripped out
I had forgotten quite how rusty things had become.
Rear subframe, lower and upper arms and trailing arms removed
IMG_20191207_164107 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
The rear sub frame and arms
IMG_20191208_153840 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
And the new and refurbed going back on. Whhat a difference
IMG_20191208_153749 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
Old rear shocks removed
IMG_20191208_105807 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
And the new and refurbed ready to go on
IMG_20191222_170605 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
I also got the springs and rear ARB back from the powder coaters. Front ARB will have to go by its self as I had not taken it off the car
Original before going away. These are the lowering springs qhich were on the ZT I broke a couple of years ago.
IMG_20190826_191008 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
And the nicely powder coated units after a good sandblast. I chose red.
IMG_20191221_170033 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
The rears with the isolators fitted ready to go on the car
IMG_20191222_170639 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
Finally the last few bits arrived that I needed after stripping off the original suspension:-
Rear hub ( I replaced one when i did the brakes a couple of years ago.)
Both rear ABS sensors. I went for OEM from MAtt (what a good
price)
New rear handbrake cables (Pagid)
IMG_20191221_170154 by
Jon Christie, on Flickr
With all the parts ready to fit I have dropped the fuel tank and have a bit of remedial work to do on the underside of the car which I will underseal for longevity (photos to follow).
Starting to feellike I am making progress on the rear.
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Jon C
Living the dream
MK IV VVTI Tiptronic TT Toyota Supra MG ZT 190+
BornTuesday, 10th July 2001 @ 09:01:10
259th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894
252nd ZT 190 + to be made out of 4,023
101st ZT in Solar Red (code: CEU) to be made out of 1,888