last weekend i got some more time to work on the car, my only aim was to split the ball joint on the lower control arm... it just wasnt for budging at all! so in the end i decided i was just going to remove the whole lot! i needed to get the driveshaft off to replace the cv joints anyways so it was only another 4 bolts...
ended up having to manually release the boomerang (bit that lifts up for the roof to stow underneath it) so i could get to 2 of the suspension mounting bolts! that took a good hour or so to figure out!
but it now means everything is out and it'll be easier to do everything on the bench rather than underneath the car! also means i dont have to drop the exhaust to get the driveshaft out!
this is what was all removed
and this is the sad looking hole its left! hopefully get in there and clean all that up too!
started on the other side a couple nights ago and got it most of the way there! was much easier as i knew everything that had to come off and in which order to do things so that helped! also got the rear bumper off as the last time i was doing work to the car i forgot to put one of the rear heat shield/bars back on it, was only a half dozen screws to get the bumper off so thought i might as well get it back on!
more parts have arrived, just need to order inner cv boots and possibly a couple more exhaust clamps and that will be it! so heres new rear brake discs
more parts, cv joints/boots (only one pictured but i bought a pair) and exhaust clamps
and this is hopefully the part that will get carbon fibre'd
