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Good progress bud, shame about the arms. Makes you wonder what caused that damage though, as mine were reasonably rusty but nothing remotely close to that... I mean could the harsh bushes contribute to them splitting like that due to the higher amount of stress on the metal?

SK-R said:

Good progress bud, shame about the arms. Makes you wonder what caused that damage though, as mine were reasonably rusty but nothing remotely close to that... I mean could the harsh bushes contribute to them splitting like that due to the higher amount of stress on the metal?

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The depth of corrosion was significant though, regardless of the bush origin. Maybe a previous owner liked going to the beach or fording brackish streams... Or just had a commute full of salted roads. Or all of the above :lol:

Great thread lad. Good progress. Shows what can be done on the driveway. Keep up the good work.

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So the clean up continues....

Collected the front control arms from HondaHQ with the bushes removed and cleaned them up a little more, then treated them with my rust converter, give it a once over and now it’s ready to put some paint on them...







Just need to paint them now, drop them back with Dan at HondaHQ to put the SuperPro bushes from the old arms into these...


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So today was spray day lol



Hung them up so it was easier to do and gave it a light coat first, then a couple more coats after...

Once they were touch dry I have bought them inside to harden up better...



Also had my replacement Buddy Club roll centre adjuster boots turn up as well, to replace the split ones.



Dropping them all off tomorrow with Dan to get the SuperPro bushes swapped to these arms, and change over the bushes as well


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So my control arms are ready to pick up after having the SuperPro bushes swapped out of the knackered arms into my newly refurbed ones. Also bushes removed from the rear trailing arms, which Dan said are a f##ker to remove, so glad I got him to do them lol. He also put my new boots on the BC roll centre adjusters.



Once back then some more hard work begins with refurbing the hubs and the cleaning up of the trailing arms, as they take some time to do. I am thinking of cheating with these and getting them done where I normally get my wheels powder coated, will shall see.

So more spraying today on my rear hubs, the same process I did on my arms, started by wire brushing them with a drill attachment, then used the dremel to get it right down as they were pretty bad, then more wire brushing. Then I treated it with my rust convertor all over, then lightly went over with the wire brush attachment to smooth it, and then masked and painted...



Masked up the SuperPro bushes while using the rust convertor just as a precaution...



Cleaned, masked up and ready to spray







All done after a couple of coats and they have come out okay, bought them inside as it’s warmer so should harden the paint better, then they are ready to be fitted once I’ve got the trailing arms sorted anyway lol




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Nice job on the hubs.

For removing the bushes on the front arms I've found if you use an old drill bit and drill through the bush in a few places then just try to cut around the outside with the drill. Its really easy then just cut through the sleeve with a dremel or hacksaw and knock out with a punch or chisel. It doesn't take long at all and none of the horrible mess and smoke you get from burning them out which ive done a lot of too.

For fitting the big polly bush on the front they can be hard to get in, so I jacked a car up then put a piece of wood under a wheel and use the weight of the car to push the bush in, loads easier and quicker than trying to push it in in a vice.

Cracking job on the hubs Carl, they look really good bud

So I picked up the control arms, front hubs and trailing arms from Dan @HondaHQ today.

Started work in the front hubs as I want to get them pained on my next days off.

So got to work removing the guards that were ****ed anyway, but who has them on a track car






This car had been fitted with Spoon brakes so had been cut anyway...



As you can see from the photo above, a bit of work required on these....

So taped up my newly fitted service boots and speed sensor and began working on it.



Ran out of time as it’s taking longer than I thought on these, even though they are smaller than the rear, but built up of crap and surface rust takes some time to get rid off, and being awkward shaped too.

Will tackle now again on Sunday and hopefully paint Monday...


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So it continues on the front hubs, I thought these would be done quicker, how wrong was I.

Unfortunately I had a bit of bad luck today and that delayed me finishing them.

The dremel I have been using started playing up, I think it was the switch as it would come on then I would turn it off, then it wouldn’t come on.

Also someone came and disturbed me and I was looking what I was doing, then the drill ripped up the cable of the speed sensor and broke the connector, I do have a few so I may be able to swap it, but it ****ed me off.

Then to top it all off the dremel refused to come back on, I only had a bit left to do as well, so ended up going to B&Q and grabbing a new one.

So I did end up finishing getting most of the rust off and back to metal, then I treated them as I have done with the others to the rust converter and have left them to dry.

My plan was to paint them tomorrow after some work commitments I have in the morning, but it really is getting dark quick, so I will only have a couple of hours to do them, and have to set them up, move the car out of my garage etc.. I am going to leave them until Tuesday when I have more time.



These were really bad to start with so they do take time to get it all removed and back to metal...





Then treated with my rust converter before painting....



Next job after painting is to clean up all the bolts and possibly give them a coat of black paint on the tops just to tidy them up a bit.

Not sure what to do with the trailing arms, I have done a fair bit of work on the one already, but have the other to sort. Was going to take them to a powder coating place in Birmingham to do, but I feel like cheating if I do haha

Also I have ordered all my Hardrace bits I need to complete the suspension side of things, while they had 20% OFF so I have the following coming shortly:-

Adjustable camber arms
Steering rods and tie rod ends
Drop links front and rear
Trailing arm bushes

All I need then is the Progress ARB and the suspension can all be fitted and done to a point, then it will be a trip to Area Motorsport to get Rob to do some modifications and set it up correctly.

I then still need to sort a full exhaust system and some brakes before I can get it up and running for a track car.

The gearbox modifications will have to come later in the year....




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Good update. Thats lot of hard work for just a dremel tbh I would be looking to use a die grinder.
I had my dremel die a bit back I replaced with with a von haus one from ebay I think that's how its spelled, its much more powerful and has done quite a bit of work so far no issues with it.

Where did you get the 20% the hardrace products? I'm after some of their rear arms for my dc2.

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beankp60 said:

Good update. Thats lot of hard work for just a dremel tbh I would be looking to use a die grinder.
I had my dremel die a bit back I replaced with with a von haus one from ebay I think that's how its spelled, its much more powerful and has done quite a bit of work so far no issues with it.

Where did you get the 20% the hardrace products? I'm after some of their rear arms for my dc2.

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I did use a drill with a wire brush attachment first then used the dremel on the harder bits to get into. I have a new one now so if it does go while I’m doing the trailing arms, I’ll just take it back and get another haha

I don’t plan on doing all this again so don’t really want to get anymore tools, spent a fortune already but most I will use again for maintenance of it

The Hardrace items I got was from JMS Honda but I believe it’s across from Hardrace themselves, I initially saw it with MJC, be quick though as it was only on for the weekend, I think it finishes today at midnight


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So got round to painting my front hubs after my prep work with removing surface rust and treating with my rust converter.

Now all smoothed, remasked and painted



Got some extra lighting this time as it’s quite dark and especially spraying black, also helps heat the place up too



Now bought them inside to heat up a bit so they dry well, did this with the rears and it seems to have worked





Just the rear trailing arms to sort now


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For those not following me on Instagram, one of my parts have arrived in readiness for rebuilding.

The Progress ARB has come and unwittingly the colour of the front lower control arms and what will be the colour of the rear trailing arms is a near on match to the bar of the Progress, so matches nicely



Still waiting for my Hardrace order to come in....


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Spot on mate.
The hardrace stuff has to be ordered in usually. I've ordered some front and rear arms and my expected dispatch date from Htune is dec 6th.

I got my hardrace tie rod ends on next day delivery

From what I know, Adam at 6Two1 has Hardrace as stock items. Might be worth trying him Carl

I had to wait about a week or so for my hardrace drop links.

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From what I know, Adam at 6Two1 has Hardrace as stock items. Might be worth trying him Carl

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I’ve ordered already but not in a mad rush for them, as I need to returb the rear trailing arms first before fitting the bushes


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Just heard that they should be with me on Wednesday

My pads are also being sent, so should get those tomorrow. I will see about ordering the brakes once my Christmas bonus comes in


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