No witty titles here, basic wrap-up from the suspension installation.
I threaded ALL the lug nuts onto the rear studs all the way down to the hub flange. Not sure why. After installing the columns this was now the first step to enable wheel install.
Remove the lug nuts, slip the rotor over the new wheel studs, separate the brake pads a bit by hand so that the caliper slips around the rotor, and bolt the caliper onto it's mount.
Repeat for the passenger side and install wheels!
It may not be very evident in the picture above, but it was taken with the car still in the air. The droop with the current suspension setup is next to none, and it is super short thanks to the sectioned shock casings and short shocks. There isn't even a sway bar mounted yet. I'm interested to see how she rides with short, stiff springs in the rear, not to mention the front. The shocks are adjustable but may be along for the ride so to speak.
I have had the front bearing cover caps in a zip-lock bag laying on my kitchen counter since October. You can order them from any zed supply store, but they're press fit on and after attempting for a few minutes to put them on with the front wheels installed, I concluded that it wasn't my day and I didn't want to make it worse by translating that onto my wheels.
Remove the front wheels and center the bearing cap as best you can so that it fits inside the outer bearing hub race. If one side starts to feed in and the other hasn't, it won't go. You want to start all sides equally, so the cap sits flat relative to the bearing, and then tap it in with a rubber mallet.
As usual, x2.
Reinstall front wheels and lug nuts. The center caps that came with the wheels are not going to fit over these hubs or bearing caps due to both being proud of the center cap face on the wheel. For future notice, even if your hub does clear your wheel's center caps, don't install it's cap as a wheel bearing cap. The wheel center caps snap onto the wheel id, they don't seal anything anywhere, let alone the bearing on the hub with an interference fit.
I also have a set of black z wheel center caps that came with z logo stickers that I have yet to apply on the caps which are a cup design instead of a flat cap. These center cup caps may or may not fit the wheels, but it doesn't matter as I like the way it sits now.
I threaded ALL the lug nuts onto the rear studs all the way down to the hub flange. Not sure why. After installing the columns this was now the first step to enable wheel install.
Remove the lug nuts, slip the rotor over the new wheel studs, separate the brake pads a bit by hand so that the caliper slips around the rotor, and bolt the caliper onto it's mount.
Repeat for the passenger side and install wheels!
It may not be very evident in the picture above, but it was taken with the car still in the air. The droop with the current suspension setup is next to none, and it is super short thanks to the sectioned shock casings and short shocks. There isn't even a sway bar mounted yet. I'm interested to see how she rides with short, stiff springs in the rear, not to mention the front. The shocks are adjustable but may be along for the ride so to speak.
I have had the front bearing cover caps in a zip-lock bag laying on my kitchen counter since October. You can order them from any zed supply store, but they're press fit on and after attempting for a few minutes to put them on with the front wheels installed, I concluded that it wasn't my day and I didn't want to make it worse by translating that onto my wheels.
Remove the front wheels and center the bearing cap as best you can so that it fits inside the outer bearing hub race. If one side starts to feed in and the other hasn't, it won't go. You want to start all sides equally, so the cap sits flat relative to the bearing, and then tap it in with a rubber mallet.
As usual, x2.
Reinstall front wheels and lug nuts. The center caps that came with the wheels are not going to fit over these hubs or bearing caps due to both being proud of the center cap face on the wheel. For future notice, even if your hub does clear your wheel's center caps, don't install it's cap as a wheel bearing cap. The wheel center caps snap onto the wheel id, they don't seal anything anywhere, let alone the bearing on the hub with an interference fit.
I also have a set of black z wheel center caps that came with z logo stickers that I have yet to apply on the caps which are a cup design instead of a flat cap. These center cup caps may or may not fit the wheels, but it doesn't matter as I like the way it sits now.
thanks man, it means a lot!
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