# My Suspension Restoration Project **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [August 18, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682 "2007-08-18T10:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr.k/32/5670_2.png) [@Mr.K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr.K)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/41 "2008-03-27T16:31:53Z")
How is the poly suspension stuff really? I’ve been told its not that great, and usually starts squeaking after just a little while. Don’t know how true that is. Nice work though, most guys wouldn’t spend the time cleaning up stuff that most people will never see. It all looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/42 "2008-03-27T16:51:45Z")
> [@Toyfest car show sun Aug.27](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/toyfest-car-show-sun-aug-27/16336/25): > > I havent bought them yet but when I do I’ll just buy them from the Napa up the street. Cost wise will vary depending on economy vs premium but you want 89 Sentra Front Ball Joints because they are the exact same as the 240sx Rears. 2001 Sentra front one’s work aswell.🙂 > [@Pluto != Planet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pluto-planet/16398/24): > > How is the poly suspension stuff really? I’ve been told its not that great, and usually starts squeaking after just a little while. Don’t know how true that is. > > Nice work though, most guys wouldn’t spend the time cleaning up stuff that most people will never see. It all looks pretty good. I have had mine all last season without a single issue. No squeaks or unusal sounds, just plain ol’ goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/43 "2008-04-07T12:47:00Z")
Small update… had a few minutes today so I decided to clean up the rear Hubs. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/RearHubsBearings.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/RearHubsBearings.jpg) So I had dropped them off at my buddies shop last week so he could press them out as it was going to be a huge PITA for me and this was the result… ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1107.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1107.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1110.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1110.jpg) I figured the inside would have looked a bit worse based on how stiff the hub was in the bearing but anyhow, it was then time to clean up the hubs so I stuck them into the blaster. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1122.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1122.jpg) Now I didn’t Powder Coat the hubs because I was to busy so I just coated them with some tremclad and it worked pretty good but Im gonna let the paint harden up over night and then give them a few more coats in the morning. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1132.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1132.jpg) And since no piece of hardware is going back on the car dirty or rusty I will be blasting and tremclading the bolts that hold the Bearing/Hub assembly in the Spindle 😉 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1134.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1134.jpg) More to come within the next few days I’m sure… Ciao ---
**Author:** ![Stiky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stiky/32/5692_2.png) [@Stiky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stiky)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/44 "2008-04-07T18:07:44Z")
Hey man, if I did all the work myself, but just needed them stripped/powdercoated how much would it run me to do the same stuff you’ve done, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/45 "2008-04-16T15:24:05Z")
Small update, Pickup some rear wheel bearings from rob (terrible\_1) and decided I’d coat the housings to prevent them from rusting and also did the bolts at the same time. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1141.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1141.jpg) Hubs pressed into the bearings. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1163.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1163.jpg) Got the shafts for the rear axles coated in the chrome. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1148.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1148.jpg) Brand new baffle plates coated in the mercedes black. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1152.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1152.jpg) And I’m finally ready to get the car down to the shop so I will be doing that sometime tomorrow. First thing I’ll probably do is fit the TC Brackets on so I can finish the power brace and then I’ll decide what course of action I want to take for the under body restore. As of now thou, I want to pull the motor out and do it all properly but I’m not sure how I’m going to go about it yet. More to come soon enough… ---
**Author:** ![lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@lopez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lopez)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/46 "2008-04-16T16:55:50Z")
man all that stuff looks so clean. can’t wait til you get some underbody shots of it all assembled ---
**Author:** ![redpotatoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@redpotatoes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redpotatoes)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/47 "2008-04-17T11:39:43Z")
Wow, thats what I called a nice project ! If only I had a sandblast machine with a cabin… ---
**Author:** ![KA24Power](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ka24power/32/5595_2.png) [@KA24Power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KA24Power)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/48 "2008-04-17T19:27:40Z")
lookin good Jeff! I’ll be getting in touch with you for some rear multi link coating soon! ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/49 "2008-04-18T07:21:55Z")
can’t wait to see this finished! ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/50 "2008-04-18T13:26:07Z")
> [@so i've been inspired by track day](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-ive-been-inspired-by-track-day/16543/98): > > can’t wait to see this finished! I’m hoping to be finished within 2 weeks tops. I actually got the car down to the shop last night so I’m going to start stripping it down tomorrow morning and probably work on it all weekend to get a good start. First thing first thou is to finish making my front power brace and removing the front spindles (only thing I didnt have spares of) so that I can finish all the Red Coating etc and then I just have to drop the Subframe and pull some shit in the front and then its down to business. Will update again within a few days once I get enough done thou 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/51 "2008-04-19T11:55:41Z")
Well I didnt get as much time in on the car today as I had hoped since I had some other crap to take care but I started stripping the front end down. Now I may go back down tonight for a bit but I’ll probably just leave it till tomorrow. Now I knew my car was pretty clean on the under body but its considerable cleaner then I previously thought so it shouldn’t take me very long at all to get the wheel wells, frame and floor cleaned up but heres a few pics… ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1176.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1176.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1174.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1174.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1175.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1175.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1177.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1177.jpg) Most of the bolts/nuts werent a problem but the TC rod bolts were seized into the bushings so I had to cut those along with the sway bar end links in order to get most of it removed. Then when I went onto the TC Bracket itself I think one of the nuts on the inside of the frame broke so now I cannot get the bolt out without cutting a hole into the frame, re-weld the nut and then patch the frame so Im not sure how I’ll go about that yet but will update again tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/52 "2008-04-20T15:11:43Z")
Went in briefly today and finished up the front power brace, screw $250+ ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/PowerBrace1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/PowerBrace1.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/PowerBrace2.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/PowerBrace2.jpg) Next up tomorrow is to blast it again and then Coat it Red along with the spindles but I wasnt able to strip the spindles down as I didnt have a 30mm socket to remove the hub/shield so I’ll have to pick one of those up tomorrow. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1194.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1194.jpg) More to come within the next few days thou as I’m hoping to have the front end all put back together and looking minty clean by end of the week tops. ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/53 "2008-04-22T12:15:08Z")
Well I was on Red today as I had to do some parts for our landlord in the same shade so I took care of my Spindles & Power Brace at the same time and then dropped the front hubs off at my buddies shop so he could press them out for me. Spindles after blasting & washing ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1197.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1197.jpg) Flash from the camera made the red appear orange’ish but the spindles were coated the same shade as the power brace & subframe. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1205.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1205.jpg) Power Brace ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1200.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1200.jpg) Heading out to Princess Auto right now to pickup all the supplies I need to grind down the under body and then am going to get started at that tonight so I’ll probably upated again either end of the week or weekend’ish. Ciao ---
**Author:** ![NoSkillz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/noskillz/32/5606_2.png) [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/54 "2008-04-22T14:10:14Z")
oh man this car is going to be better then knew! i can’t imagine how much it would cost to pay someone to do all the work ur doing ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/55 "2008-04-22T14:31:22Z")
> [@LAFENGAS Custom Exhaust](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lafengas-custom-exhaust/16709/25): > > Power Brace > > ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1200.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/0/f0c3d65824dcc514be103efca3594039cfadeb65.jpeg) Nice powerbrace! ---
**Author:** ![logik23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/logik23/32/5548_2.png) [@logik23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/logik23)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/56 "2008-04-22T14:32:45Z")
sweetness ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/57 "2008-04-24T13:10:45Z")
> [@FS.. 99 yamaha R6 pics up!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-99-yamaha-r6-pics-up/16333/39): > > oh man this car is going to be better then knew! > i can’t imagine how much it would cost to pay someone to do all the work ur doing Oh, I could ball park it… and I’m sure it would be ridiculous. But yea, if I had to pay someone else to do all this work for me then I’d never be doing it. So far thou, I’m around $450 which includes all the bearings, bushings and seal kits for the calipers. Items left still are front bearings, ball joints all round and tie rods. Then I still have to address the brakes but for now my concern is just getting the car back and brakes dont matter for that. > [@FS: Olympus MP3 player and Logitech headsets](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-olympus-mp3-player-and-logitech-headsets/16517/13): > > Nice powerbrace! Thanks 😉 I’m just curious if any of the bracing between the power brace, control arms and subframe will actually be noticeable but I’d assume it would only be noticeable at very high speeds. And then again between all the bracing, new bushings and all the other new parts it should already be a night and day difference. ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/58 "2008-05-02T16:09:39Z")
Small little update as I’ve got a bit more done between being swamped at work. Front Hubs ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1209.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1209.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1213.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1213.jpg) Hardware from the front end (TC Rods, Brackets, Sway Bar, Control Arms, Struts, Calipers etc etc) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1221.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1221.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1223.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1223.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1228.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1228.jpg) And a better picture of the Front Spindles ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1207.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Jedi_Car_Fan/My%20Car/100_1207.jpg) I pick up the new Front Bearings & Ball Joints tomorrow morning and then will be priming & painting the under side of the front end over the weekend so hopefully I can reassemble the Front Monday/Tuesday’ish and then start on the rear. More to come. ---
**Author:** ![jammin1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jammin1911](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jammin1911)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/59 "2008-05-02T19:18:23Z")
out of curiosity, do the bolts thread on to the nuts nicely still after they are powder coated or does the coating get all chipped and stuff after you put them on and take them off once… i dont know what im talking about but it just seems like the thickness of the paint would make it a pretty tight fit, no? ---
**Author:** ![Stiky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stiky/32/5692_2.png) [@Stiky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stiky)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682/60 "2008-05-02T19:45:38Z")
yeah i know what you mean, thats what I’d like to know too, just didnt know how to ask it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-suspension-restoration-project/108682.md?page=4)