26 Year Old Rusty Suspension And Arches Made New Again - WRX Restoration
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So here it is at last, the fitting of the new upgraded brake calipers and along with that i go nuts and overhaul the complete front end.
So in the Episode what you will see is me stripping out all of the suspension and steering components so as to gain complete access to every nook and cranny of the arches.
Once emptied of all there components i gave them a thorough cleaning with an all purpose cleaner and de-greaser then rinsed and dried them off.
Once dried the rust issues were dealt with, No rust had to be cut out as was only surface and could be treated successfully chemically. I ground down all the rusty spots with an abrasive disc on the angle grinder and finished up all the hard to reach areas with a wire wheel on the drill. I then treated the areas with Deox gel to ensure there was absolutely no rust left lurking and then that was topped of with hydrate 80 to create a barrier that rust will never get through again.
Once all that had cured the arches were lined with Raptor liner tinted to match the Aspen white bodywork. While the raptor liner was curing i set about refurbishing and replacing all of the worn and grubby suspension and steering components.
These were either cleaned up and painted or in the more severe cases like the hub they were blasted clean and treated with super blue to stop them rusting again in the future. I also stripped and zinc plated all the fasteners and parts that were rusty and didn't need replaced.
So after all the Raptor liner had cured and the parts had all been refurbished i set about reversing the process and refitted them all. I also had to make new brake lines as the originals were rusted through.
I hope you will enjoy the video as i has ALOT more detail than this description as if i were to describe every detail i would need to release a pretty lengthy book haha.
so anyway Enjoy and please leave a like and comment if you enjoyed this video :)
The project in question is the engine bay in my 94 Subaru Impreza WRX. As i can be heard saying in the intro of this video i love impreza's and i wanted a rust free one as all the UK ones suffer from lots of rust issues so in 2004 i imported this car from Japan and it was totally rust free when it arrived all those years ago. It has a couple of blisters here and there now but thats to be expected when living in Scotland.
Anyway im getting off track, I was having lots of fun driving the car at full boost everywhere until 2014 when the thought popped into my head " lets go for more power" so i took the engine out and begun the process of having it all upgraded, better gaskets, race bearings, forged pistons, con rods etc etc then life got in the way and the engine was put to the side and the car was stored in a shed for the past 5 years.
The initial condition of the car looks horrifying but its only a thick layer of dust and crud on it and there is a good layer of carnuaba wax separating all the crud from the paint so a quick pressure wash and she'll be looking good again .
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26 Year Old Rusty Suspension And Arches Made New Again - WRX Restoration