Eric's Six Conversion, chassis work has finally commenced. Options

[Detroit]

Just adding my Bilstein question thread, so that I've got everything in one place...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry3193457

...And a second one from Pelican.

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911...ml#post12428492

[Detroit]

Well, I finally got all the required bits to put the S calipers back together. I didn't bother Polishing the bodies before anodizing. It seemed like a lot of added expense for no real reason... They still look pretty nice.

[Superhawk996]

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[Detroit]

It continues to be a challenge to find significant blocks of time for this project. As I'm sure most peops who attempt these undertakings will understand. But, I do make an effort to make some small amount of headway at least every few days. A little progress is better than none...
I've had a finished carpenter installing moldings throughout the house, and I gave him the 'parking side' (as opposed to the 'shop side') of the garage in which to set up all of his equipment. So, for over a month the 914 has been up on the hoist with the Ferrari under it.
I did, however, have access to my bench and sand blast cabinet, so I took to refurbishing some of the suspension bits.

I welded sway bar drop link tabs to the control arms, and dropped them off at the powder coater...


...media blasted and painted the struts. Jamie has installed new bushings for me. These are Bilstein struts which of course were originally green. As this is a restomod rather than a restoration, I figured I'd change to yellow so they'll match the shocks.


The rear hubs I had plated some time ago. This weekend I Alodined the front hubs in the hope it's provide some small amount of corrosion protection. I suspect it won't do much, but I already had the chems to do carburetor bodies... Then I pressed all the studs back in.