November 9,
2007
Removed the leaf springs from the car and install temporary
blocks instead. There are a lot of sharp edges on the spring
stiffeners; so I used the grinding / wire wheel to remove the
edges. I removed the spring eye bolts one at a time, and installed
the stiffeners using the new bolts supplied. The stiffener's
fell right into place with out any large hammer's required.
2.5 Hours
Nov.
10
Prep and Painted the spring assemblies, I painted mine a Semi-Gloss
Black, as I will be pin stripping them later.
2.0 Hours
Nov.12
Installed the spring assemblies onto the car. The car now sits
about 1.5" taller and is much stiffer than before. I can
barely get any compression when I sit on the car, as before
they almost went flat. There should be more than enough support
now when the car is completed and full with 2 passengers.
2.5 Hours
I then spent several nights applying the pin stripping and some
nut covers to match the ones I used on the chassis.
This modification is an easy fix and it doesn't look bad either.
A good save by the engineers at ModelWorks.
Happy
Building
Rick
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