Suspension Assembled

Following a few periods of "down tooling" whilst waiting on bolts and spacers to be sent through from Westfield, the front and rear suspension is all in place. Getting the diff into place was one of the toughest parts of that job as it weighs a fair bit, even when drained of oil. Still, it all went pretty easily and as the diff, the uprights and brakes are the first substantive pieces installed from the old donor MX5 it was quite satisfying too. I also got to spray a lot of stuff with Copaslip, which was messy and fun. Once everything was in place, connecting the brake hoses up should mean a (hopefully) closed brake system (woo!).


There are a couple of temporary bolts on the upper wishbone as I'm waiting some of the correct length (the instructions state 100mm, but they are too short and 120mm are required).

I haven't yet connected the steering rod ends to the front uprights - these like a couple of other bolts to set camber and tracking on the front and back I'm leaving loose for now.

With the wheel uprights in place, it is starting to look a little like a car (well with just a smidge of imagination) !

Next step - putting in the engine!