Well the weather was nice enough out today for me to start tearing down the parts car.. A closer look at the car tells me its a good thing she's heading for the bone yard.. The rocker pannels are rotting out, rust over the rear wheels, the frame for the rear suspension is rotting.. Over all the body is showing the 370,000km its got on it..
Poor car I am always working it hard... but this is what I love about a hatch..
How worn out is your suspension? mine was looooooooong over due.. both the rear struts were full of water.. no wonder they froze this winter... check out the shaft play on this strut..
Stock struts and my cut springs compaired to the newish KYB GR2's and HKS springs..
While I was at it I did the GT rear disc swap as well..
All said and done the new suspension and my 17"s back on for summer raised the car up about 1".. it ride sooooooooo much nicer now..
I also put on the GT grill and was playing around with my hood a bit..
If you look close as well you'll notice I added new side view mirrors a little while ago.. They came off my old 90 Cavilier Z24.. The passengers side turned out perfect.. but the drivers side I still have to rework.... I need to pick up some plastic to create the trim around the mirror and remount it... Over all I think they look pretty slick..