yea that's what i thought, i have similar plans but i want to use a carb 308 make it look stock.. i am trying to ask as many people as i can because i dont want to when the day comes for vicroads to knock me back.
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hey guys been awhile since my last post so heres what i been up to... i bought the bushes kit from kingswood country its got everything i need in one hit and as im very lazy that seemed the easy way out.
so with no more excuses left i had to start to strip the spare crossmember down, bloody hard job getting those bushes out i only started on the one side for now and so far i've only done the upper control arm its all striped back and cleaned up ready for paint so my question is whats the best spray paint to use i just want it black to look neat and tidy its not going to be a show car so only using cans for this part so any tips? here some pics
so with no more excuses left i had to start to strip the spare crossmember down, bloody hard job getting those bushes out i only started on the one side for now and so far i've only done the upper control arm its all striped back and cleaned up ready for paint so my question is whats the best spray paint to use i just want it black to look neat and tidy its not going to be a show car so only using cans for this part so any tips? here some pics
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 05:53 PM
Might pay to try and get some uc arms if you can ??? probably wouldn't cost much to get some 2 pac blown over them??
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 05:56 PM
good work mate, i am pretty much ringing around for prices as well gonna pull my kframe out soon, i think i am gonna buy the same kit, i got a price from pedders to fit everything for $132 looking into springs and shocks, any idea of what your putting in for that?
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 09:02 PM
Hey Rob whats the difference in the uc arms? Probably right about getting them painted up im just getting impatient and want to get it all back togeather but come to think of it my sister inlaws sisters partner is a spray painter so might see if he wants to earn a bit on the side. so Nick i been looking around on ebay and found these shockers and springs i dont know if these are good prices or not but i think they seem resonable what do you think? Im a bit broke at the moment but if there still around in a few weeks and if i havent found anything better i think these will be fine.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 07:42 AM
Just that uc upper arms have the top ball joint offset towards the rear of the car which means you can increase the castor angle which is better for directional stability and increase camber gain when cornering. Ultima shockies are ok we sell heaps of them and imo they are as good as any other cheap shock on the market but if you want the best then get some Koni 's or Bilestiens's. I just took a set of Lovells springs out of mine and put in some King springs and i will be putting the Lovells ones back in. The prices are reasonable enough.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:59 PM
The arm in the picture above appears to be the left side a UC arm, it looks like the ball joint is offset. The right side has a big R stamped next to the bump stop. The left side is not stamped.
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hey there ls2lxhatch you are dead on the money with that, it is the left side and when i went out and looked sure enough the right side has a big R stamped into it so does that mean i got a uc crossmember... seems right if i remember it had a four cylinder sitting on it before my mate gave it to me... what a bit a luck with that one hey! in the pic you can see the ball joint does look offset
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 05:37 PM
It means you have UC upper arms. Someone may have fitted UC upper control arms to a LH/LX k-frame.
The LH/LX upper control arms are symmetrical so they can be fitted on either side and the are not stamped with the R.
In the photo below of an LX arm you can see the ball joint is in line with the bump stop.
If the k-frame has this bit on rod welded on then it is a UC k-frame.
If the part numbers on the steering arms are 9947248 and 9947249 then you have UC steering arms.
If the lower control arm has a steel stop welded to the control arm where the steering arm touches the control arm then you have UC lower control arms. You can see the steering stop on the UC lower control arm in this photo by rorym.
The LH/LX upper control arms are symmetrical so they can be fitted on either side and the are not stamped with the R.
In the photo below of an LX arm you can see the ball joint is in line with the bump stop.
If the k-frame has this bit on rod welded on then it is a UC k-frame.
If the part numbers on the steering arms are 9947248 and 9947249 then you have UC steering arms.
If the lower control arm has a steel stop welded to the control arm where the steering arm touches the control arm then you have UC lower control arms. You can see the steering stop on the UC lower control arm in this photo by rorym.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 08:53 PM
There you go !!!, I should have looked harder . Its good to have a win once and a while isn't it ?? 
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 07:20 PM
yep got all them... looks like i got a uc crossmember so what do ya know they are good for something! 
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hey guys hows things?
still trying to strip the crossmember down and not having much luck with the lower control arm bushes, as my old man would say there as tight as a nuns nasty! any tips to help get them out? im thinking ill just take them into work and get them pressed out, i had them in the vice smacking the crap out of them and they just wont buge. had a bit more luck with the bottom ball joint, just smashed that out with my fine adjustment hammer and it poped straight out... well in two peices but it did come out easy enough! heres some pics
still trying to strip the crossmember down and not having much luck with the lower control arm bushes, as my old man would say there as tight as a nuns nasty! any tips to help get them out? im thinking ill just take them into work and get them pressed out, i had them in the vice smacking the crap out of them and they just wont buge. had a bit more luck with the bottom ball joint, just smashed that out with my fine adjustment hammer and it poped straight out... well in two peices but it did come out easy enough! heres some pics
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 08:41 PM
hows the progress on the crossmemeber mate? mine is still in the car.. to be honest i am dreading it.. lol have you fitted the new bits?
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 09:05 PM
go son, go! forge on ahead troy from werribee! with enthusiasim like this ,youll be rollin down the street in no time ,and it will all be worthwhile.keep up the good work mate!
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 02:27 PM
hi guys.... it seems my rotten luck has returned. everything was going great, i stripped the crossmember down, i got the bushes and ball joints out of both upper cotrol arms, i started on the lower arms and man are they tight i got the left arm all stripped ready to go and only got the lower right arm to go... so far so good right? so i tried to smack the last ball joint out and cracked the arm where the ball joint sit! so now im back to square one... looks like ill have to take the crossmember out the car and strip that for the lower arms so it wont be a rolling shell anylonger. so putting that job off till i can save enough to finish off the crossmember, still need to get shockers, springs and the hoppers stoppers brake upgrade kit. the upside is i can clean up all the other bits off the crossmember and have them waiting so when i do get the one out the car should be quick and simple to grab the arms off and put it all back together... but nothing ever goes to plan with me.
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Bugger - the arms need to be removed and supported in a press to get the ball joints out
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Posted 21 April 2012 - 07:31 AM
Its great that you are having a go!!!! but I recommend to people to take them to a workshop . They'd be out within the hour and we would only charge $88 or so for the 4 of them..
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:13 PM
yep thats what i think ill be doing... dont want to crack these other arms. only wanted to have a go and see how i went because i got that spare crossmember sitting in the corner gathering dust. like ive said before i dont mind spending the money when needed but thought id have a crack (pardon the pun). i was trying to save some money but i dont want it ending up with me trying to chase up second hand arms cause ive cracked them again so i think it will be getting done at a shop. no big deal so far its only cost me time and i have now got a set of UC upper arms to go on so if anything im still winning
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hi guys its been a while since i last checked in so i thought id let you all in on what ive been up too, sadly not much has been done to my poor rusty old shell. since the stuff up with the control arm means i have to remove the cross member from the car ive been thinking i might as well go the whole hog and ive decided i want to have a go at smoothing out the engine bay and triming off all the lips. so far all thats been done is i have removed all the wiring from the engine bay along with the washer bottle and wiper motor, just trying to get the bay tidy and ready for cutting up. my biggest problem is trying to find room to store all my crap and by putting the bonnet back on the car i have just made more work for myself! i have finally bought myself a welder and an air compressor, so for now i just need to get in some practice and see how i go... anyway heres some pics.
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Posted 20 May 2012 - 09:59 PM
Your car sits pretty much like mine mate, parts and tools all around it.
I store everything inside the car and boot lol soon I have to start pulling everything out so I can start
Epoxy priming... What's next on the to do list??
I store everything inside the car and boot lol soon I have to start pulling everything out so I can start
Epoxy priming... What's next on the to do list??
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the plan is with the long weekend coming up i want to clean all the crap off her and get the bonnet back off then the cross member can come out and the engine bay tidy up can start. still chasing some bits to bebuild the cross member, need springs and shocks and the hoppers stopers kit so i can use commodore discs and calipers. so once its out i think it will be awhile till it all goes back together but that just means i got time to work on the engine bay!
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 08:23 PM
this is what it looked like just a few weeks ago... lol how quick i pile on the crap then it just sit there doing nothing
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took this pic on my phone tonight as the roller door was up so i could take the bins out, shows just how much crap i have laying around. really need to have a good clean out lol
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 02:09 PM
hey neil thanks for the offer of the engine cover might take you up on it just let me know what you want for it and the cost to get it to melbourne, im in no hurry though the cars nowhere near ready ive been a bit slack of late so not much been done to my car but what i did do was to pull my engine mounts back off just to check if there different from left to right but just my luck there the same, must be chevs that are different.
also went on a bit of a road trip with a mate to a wrecking yard that had a dozen or so lh/uc toranas and picked up a few goodies! i spent $300 and got a complete dash, round headlight buckets and lights, a uc pull up handbrake and console, a l/h/r door, both rear door rain gutters, a commodore air filter box and lots of little odds and ends,all in all a good trip!
hey mate just wondering what wreckers you went to pick up those goodies?? i need to buy some stuff for my car a well. i am over looking on ebay..
if you can pm me the details that would be good
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Just went through youyr forum , good work mate. Im just about finished the painting stage on mine , and I swear looking at your pictures that we had the same car. Lot of work ahead but worth it.
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