JAS's Rebuild and twincam conversion. 302kw atw baby!!!

iXNAY · Post by **iXNAY** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:09 pm

looks delicious :drool:

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:39 pm

Yes I know its been ages.
Thought Id put some pics up.

Out with the old and in with the new

Ive also bought a Rear bush kit from EBay and am in the prosess of fitting that. Will put pic up soon :)

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:04 pm

How easy is it to replace the rear bushes, and how much did it cost you landed to get the bush kit?

cheers

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:24 pm

dirtygalant wrote:How easy is it to replace the rear bushes, and how much did it cost you landed to get the bush kit?

cheers

I think it was around $350 NZD landed.
Ive only done the rear cradle/crossmember bushes so far.
You have to cut all the rubber off the outer and inner metal parts of the factory bush and reuse them. It was a lot of work. I had to cut most of it off with a craft knife and then burn the rest off. Very hot smoky job.

The fact that you get NO instuctions with the kit doesnt help, as it took me a while to figure out that I had to reuse the factory parts.
Ill put pics up soon.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:13 am

Yep im gutting all my old bushes at the mo and its not a fun job at all, its alot of work. But will be well worth it with the new urethane ones in there :)
JAS which kit did u buy, was it Mookees one(101propose)?

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:29 pm

Lunacy wrote:Yep im gutting all my old bushes at the mo and its not a fun job at all, its alot of work. But will be well worth it with the new urethane ones in there :)
JAS which kit did u buy, was it Mookees one(101propose)?

Yeah ,mate it was the Mookees kit.

I found if you burn the rubber and then use a wire brush it scraps off easy.
Still a hot smokey job though

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:51 pm

JAS wrote:
Lunacy wrote:Yep im gutting all my old bushes at the mo and its not a fun job at all, its alot of work. But will be well worth it with the new urethane ones in there :)
JAS which kit did u buy, was it Mookees one(101propose)?
Yeah ,mate it was the Mookees kit.

I found if you burn the rubber and then use a wire brush it craps off easy.
Still a hot smokey job though

Yeah not much fun eh. My kit wil prob be here by the time i get home off the ship nxt wednesday so have 4 weeks off to get them all in the car :)

STARZILA · Post by **STARZILA** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:31 pm

Looking sexy jas... not you ,the car. :P
Nice drag link. :beer

starspeed · Post by **starspeed** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:01 pm

lookin very nice jas !!! almost as good as mine ! he he ha
love the colour .... :pimp

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:38 pm

dirtygalant wrote:How easy is it to replace the rear bushes, and how much did it cost you landed to get the bush kit?

cheers

Just finished the job and 4 words sum it up...

PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!! :x

But you only do it once I guess

Ill put some pix up when Ive painted all the parts.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:29 pm

Totally gutted bout my bushes, customs intercepted them on the way in from the usa and ive gotta pay $191 NZD in tax and levies to get the package now :( Merry F@#%ing xmas from NZ customs to me :( :( :(

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:57 am

Lunacy wrote:Totally gutted bout my bushes, customs intercepted them on the way in from the usa and ive gotta pay $191 NZD in tax and levies to get the package now :( Merry F@#%ing xmas from NZ customs to me :( :( :(

$191 !!!!!!
Why so much? The customs charges on my shocks was less than that and were just under a grand to buy!!

Oh and Ive got some bushes that I cant find homes for. Ill put a pic up of them... soon.

STARZILA wrote:Looking sexy jas... not you ,the car. :P
Nice drag link. :beer

Thanks mate :D I put it in last night. Looks very sexy lol. And the joints feel way tighter than the old ones!!!

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:35 am

God knows why it so much :( Havnt seen the letter myself yet as im stil on the ship but my mrs told me the details of it - really not happy :(

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:05 pm

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The Kit also came with these spacers to replace the factory units. These I guess could be mounted on either side of the cross member to suit different levels of grip that is needed. Like the S13 to S15 guys do.

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:16 pm

And these are the ones Ive got left over.

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Any ideas?????
The 4 on the right look like the front control arm bushes, but no idea what the others are for.....

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