Quick Update - Front Suspension, wheels off

Very quick update on the weekend's progress:

Took the wheels off - to say the wheel bolts were done up tight was the understatement of the year - wrecked two of my favourite 17mm sockets (chrome vanadium 1/2" drive as well so not exactly puny!!) ended up using a scaffold pole as the impact gun wouldn't shift em. They went with a crack and finally the wheels were free. I say free, took 10mins of hammering them with a rubber mallet to free... Oh and because I disconnected the brakes had the devil's own job to keep the front wheels still. So, small footnote to the likes of kwik fit, ATS, budget etc. "DON'T DO WHEEL NUTS UP WITH A WINDY-GUN TO 5,000,000 Nm!!! Please!!!"

Anyway, rant over!

Next up, got the steering rack off, and then lowered all the front suspension in a "oner". Springs and shocks not needed, but discs and calipers are (I think) so are going to need some major TLC or replacing methinks.

Photos:

Suspension hanging on for dear life - one of the ball joints in the subframe wouldn't quite let go as it was caught on the taper. Eventually, my persuadin' stick got as big as a 6lb lump hammer and it all let go...

Both front uprights, held loosely together by the anti-roll bar

Final shot of the car after this weekend:

Starting to look very bare now!

Trailer is full of scrap things that need weighing in, but the price of scrap metal is very poor at the moment (£100/tonne at the last count), but don't really want to be tripping over mounds of scrap metal all the time so will have to go soon.

Got quite a few bits now that need to be sold, scrapped, or refurbed for the build. And the chassis is arriving this weekend!! Need to crack on!