First I started off with some light prep work for shaving the rear bumper. There was some old hangars and such and I never removed the tail lights so I removed the lights and grinded off the hangars and made everything flush. I will need to fill in all the tiny holes from the spot welds I removed and make patches for some of the bigger holes like the bumper shock holes and a weird oval shaped hole that I dont know what was for. Ill fill in the rest with bondo and make it smooth.
Then I removed all of the outer bushing casings from the rear and front control arms. It was one of the few things I was dreading to do. I attemped to do one a few days ago and it didnt go too well. Thats why when I started today following some very useful tips on removing them on hybridz I was pleasantly surprised at how easy they were to remove. What I did was use a sawzall to cut two identical grooves all the way down the length of the casings about a screwdrivers tip width and used a screwdriver to remove the piece from between the cuts. What that did was unspring the casing and I was able to remove it with relative ease. I now have a newfound respectwhen I see a person who puts poly bushing upgrade on their mods list. This is a very tedious task if done right.
After finishing the bushings I finished installing the OBX lsd in the carrier. Im very happy about it. Shimmed and lashed correctly and breakaway torque seems close enough with my elbo torque wrenches.
When I was about to leave a guy towed in a white 240z with a trashed front fender and deep offset wheels. So I start talking to the guy and hes says that he threw a rod on his l24 and says hes going to do an LS1 swap. Cool. Then he says that hes gutting the interior. BTW its cherry inside. I ask what hes going to do with it and he says hes gonna get rid of it. I told him Ill buy what I need off of him. SWEET!
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