I've been meaning to update this thread! There hasn't been a whole lot to be honest, I've really only done a few cars in the past few weeks. Shit's been pissing me off too! They give me these larger jobs that have been sitting around forever, then they need them done OMGASAPOMGASAP, so they don't give me any other work until I get the big jobs done. Paychecks suffer that way for sure...
I had that LS460 before I left for a short vacation, then I got back and had to do this '07 Subaru Forester, now I have a Volvo S40. I was taking pics of the Subaru though! Here they are.
No before shots though, this is after I got a good chunk of the bad metal cut off.
The firewall area behind the strut tower was buckled pretty good. I thought I was going to have to replace it, but I wound up being able to straighten it.
Top of the rail is kicked over...pulled it straight with the frame machine.
In preparation of replacing that firewall piece, I completely gutted the dash, dash bar, heater box, wiring...but again, I didn't have to replace that piece. It wasn't all for nothing though, I still had to do some welding on the firewall, and it would've caught fire if I left all this in.
Used clip...
Mocking up...
Skeleton. lol
Finishing up the welding...
Ready for cut in...
Wiring harness was ridiculous. There was no break in it, but behind the dash. So, I had to unhook it from the driver side, pull it through the driver side apron, pull it through the passenger side apron, and tie it out of the way. Reverse to install....ghey.
Timing stuff, all hidden behind covers. A few of the covers got broken, so I had to order a new timing tensioner (one time use only) so I could take off the pulleys and replace the covers behind them.
Fin!
NO I didn't put the steering wheel on upside down, the wheels are turned!!! lol
I also did all the suspension on the left side. New strut, knuckle, bearing, lower control arm, and axle. But, after trying to align it, they said we needed a cradle too. So I had to do that after the fact...
All good now!
Oh....and got a new (to me) tool box, for FREE!!!!
My buddy at work was saving this for his home garage, when he bought a house, but he can't lay off the hooch, and he's going back to jail for his second felony aggravated vehicular assault charge (this time for MUCH longer than his first stint of only a year) so he just gave it to me.