Buying an S2 Coupe - Am I walking into a world of pain.

[B5NUT]

O yes, both shock were absolutely cattle trucked, and in need of replacing. The near side suspension was covered in oil which has been poring out the shock. Other than the cap the strip down was not that bad, only issue I have run into is pressing out the wheel bearings, my 10 ton press is not in the best of conditions and struggles to keep pressure. Got it up to 8 ton and still did not move the bearing so will take then to a friends garage tomorrow, and get them both pressed out.

[Bowie69]

Yeah, strut caps often need cutting off, but heat works well too if replacing the shock ?

[B5NUT]

Don't rate por15 anymore. Used to be really good, couple of years back I fixed up an A3 and did the hole rear subframe with the stuff, 6 month months later the rust was back with avengeance. For me it's either power coating. epoxy or both... Think the subframe will be power coated then an extra few layers or epoxy for protection.

Also you lot could have warned be about the strut cap'sMy god were they on, think I need a better set of stilsons. Had only got that bar to remove the crank bolt, didn't think I'd need it for the suspension.

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Still suspension stripped and subframe is out.
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Off to the shot blasters tomorrow with the subframe and the other suspension parts covered in rust. .

[Tractor Dave]

Agree. Blasting is best then powder coat if it's going to be a garage queen, por15 or epox for a daily. As Bowie says, bilt stuff is very good.

[Bowie69]

Blasting works well enough, these mostly rot from outside in my experience.

When all finished fill with some nice aerosol bilt hamber wax

[B5NUT]

Thank what's the best way of stripping the rust. There are companies local to me that shot blast, but I'm not sure if if dipping it would be better, problem with that is I cannot find anyone local in the northeast that provide a dipping service. Other option would be Electrolysis, If I could find a container big enough.

[Bowie69]

Yep, disconnect wishbones at ballpoints, and remove the anti roll bar drop links, down it comes.

No need to support the gearbox if the snub mount is in place, it'll hold it.

[Tractor Dave]

I have a question... So I'm not liking the look of the front subframe. It's got a lot of flaking surface rust and is really in need of being refurbished .From what I can see and have read the front subframe only supports the gearbox, lower arms and roll bar. is it just the case of supporting the gearbox and then dropping the subframe down. Or am I mossing something?

Yes, just support gearbox and drop.

[B5NUT]

I have a question... So I'm not liking the look of the front subframe. It's got a lot of flaking surface rust and is really in need of being refurbished .From what I can see and have read the front subframe only supports the gearbox, lower arms and roll bar. is it just the case of supporting the gearbox and then dropping the subframe down. Or am I mossing something?

[B5NUT]

Not yet, I wanted to make sure there were no further modifications hiding, before reverting to the standard MAP. Thankfully the answer is no so will get the chips installed this week.

[newsh]

Took the car over to automark this morning, looks like the only modification was the ECU, wastegate & N75. So happy days to restore the car back to factory spec. Only other issue was noticed was the smaller diff seal and the seal around the bellows was leaking. So now I can finally start to rip this car apart.

Did you plug the stock chipset in yet?

[B5NUT]

Took the car over to automark this morning, looks like the only modification was the ECU, wastegate & N75. So happy days to restore the car back to factory spec. Only other issue was noticed was the smaller diff seal and the seal around the bellows was leaking. So now I can finally start to rip this car apart.

[larsaskogstad]

Never tried to return anything from autodoc, got wrong rear calipers 3 times but other than that no problem of the 25 orders I have there or something like that

[newsh]

That’s pretty bad mate
People certainly do some stupid ****

[B5NUT]

So whoever fitted the spacers & wheels on the car was a total and utter prat to say it mildly. I found today that the front wheel bolts were way too short, and were only in by a 3-4 threads, no wonder all the front bolts were not torqued up and soo easy to remove. Thankfully I had some longer bolts (10mm longer) and they all torqued up fine so don't need front hubs any more. Cannot believe the down right dangerous modification people do to their cars.