slimyroadster

First step, measuring the length of the rear lower wishbones. A fairly simple process, let the uprights stand vertical, the CV joints sit co...

The diff is in place, and the driveshafts, and the uprights. And now I have a problem... I had planned to fix the coilover alongside the u...

I treated myself to some new welding gloves, mainly because the right index finger was so burnt it bent sideways instead of inline with the ...

I keep putting it off because I just know it's going to be a nightmare. The whole thing is going to be a mishmash of all books, and plen...

Well, I finally got the wishbones finished, I reckon at least 20 hours labour start to finish for all four front wishbones. Same as before...

The front upper wishbones should be a bit easier than the lower ones, smaller thinner tubes and no plates. However, there were two measureme...

Some photos!! First, the plates between the wishbone tubes. This was cut from 5mm plate with a standard jigsaw and some Bosch blades. Plenty...

The front suspension is now coming together. I'm taking the MX5 measurements from the Saturn plans, but I don't want the lower adjus...

Yes I know it's February, and yes I know my last post was September, but that pretty much sums up the build to be honest. It's been ...

Well, I expected at least one downer on this project, although I did expect it to be DVLA induced. After removing the diff, and cracking it ...

Everything stripped off the car, all bolts undone, and engine stand in position; Take the strain... And lift... Rear wheels mov...

I've just noticed, I got so distracted by my donor strip that I hadn't logged my progress with the chassis. So the tunnel is done; ...

I've spent ages now, trying to figure out how to build the wishbones. And it looks like I've finally found all the necessary element...

OK, starting to get the locations together. aksteel92 appear to be the only people who do 33.7mm x 2.6mm, 1 metre for £15.73 (including a ...

The boot wiring is relatively simple, everything coming from the same place (well, apart from the fog light wire!); From the wiring l...

Nothing challenging so far, just a few pictures of the wiring so I know where things have come from; Drivers side wiring. Bottom left is a...

Well, I've finally got myself a donor, and a rather nice one to boot. In fact, so nice there was part of me that didn't want to chop...

Here are the alterations required to the 'build a car on a budget', so an MX5 can be used as a donor. They were created by Saturn Sp...

Finished the triangulation now; I've deliberately left all the rear suspension for now. I've ordered the diff cover from Talo...

As mentioned, the suspension wishbones are going to be all new, mainly to preserve the longer wishbones at the back. So, armed with the Hayn...