[Profile] Milan V2.0 AKA Gen's Coupe AKA My coupe now bitches!

[CrackerTeg]

Gotcha. That's kind of a long answer for my slow mind to wrap around dude. Still, both be cool hwips.

[Nit3h4wk C0uP3]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0058CW9UO/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?seller=A5KZDQNU0OEW9&tag=047-20

Thought of you!

[Milan]

Haha, I have one of those!

[Nit3h4wk C0uP3]

I got your boot in the mail today! thank you!

[Milan]

No problem!  Hope you have an easier time installing it than me.  Never got around to doing it. 

Updated a picture of winter mode. 

[Milan]

Going to throw this bad boy on on Wednesday.

[CrackerTeg]

[cna]

Going to throw this bad boy on on Wednesday.

Sweet that's official

[B.R.03EX]

Very nice! v3 right? What are your plans for the old v1?

[timot_one]

We gonna race? 

[Milan]

Very nice! v3 right? What are your plans for the old v1?

Yup, and I'm throwing my V1 on the market as soon as it's off the car. 

We gonna race? 

I always want to race!

[HEcreated487]

:drool: at performance mods.  Very nice, Milan.

[Milan]

:drool: at performance mods.  Very nice, Milan.

Haha, not enough performance mods!!  

I threw the V3 on today.  Install went very well because I had the J-pipe off earlier in the summer to install the PCDs.  Because of my ongoing shaking I can't really wind the car out but I have no doubts about this J-pipe.  

[Milan]

Cliffs: replaced LCA bushings, driver's tie inner and outer tie rod.  Removed stock front sway bar and end links and replaced them with TL Type-S sway bar and end links.  

So over the weekend I drove down to Ohio to Timmy's house and did some maintenance as well as a few mods.  Sorry I didn't take more pictures but when I wasn't too busy wrenching, my hands were too filthy to handle the camera.  

We started out by taking the lower control arms out to replace the compliance bushings.  This went mostly well except for one bolt on the driver's side that was seized in the collar and had to be cut out.  

After we had the arms out we went ahead and tried to press out the bushing.  This was not possible on the 6 ton hand press and they had to be cut out.  

Next we pressed the bushing in.  This went pretty smoothly as the arms were heated up and I had the bushing in the freezer prior to being pressed in.  

While the arms were out I drilled out the sway bar mounting point with a 1/2" drill bit to accept the larger TL-S end link.  After that the arms went back in.  

I also replaced the inner and outer tie rod on the driver's side.  The inner tie rod had a bit of play in the knuckle area that allows for up and down and side to side movement.  New bellows and outer tie rod completed that job.  

After the maintenance was completed, it was time to take out the stock sway bar and install the TL Type-S bar.  The rear sub frame had to lowered by taking out the bolts and the front sub frame was lowered a tad by backing out the bolts a bit.  The J-pipe had to removed as well.

Next came time to remove the bracket holding the sway bar bushing in.  The bolts closer to the firewall impossible to remove without lowering the sub frame and even after lowering it, it is a major, major PITA.  It probably took close to 30 minutes to take out each bolt.  Next came the removal of the stock sway bar.  This also proved to be a biotch.  Installing the TL-S for some reason didn't take much time at all.  New bolts eased installation on the bushing brackets but I hope I never have to remove them ever again.  


Lower control arm out.




Lower control arm




My friend Timmy cutting out the bolt on the LCA






Compliance bushing is out.  Had to be cut out.






Just some of the blades we went through.  Used about three more before everything was said and done.

[timot_one]

What about the other pictures you took?