While the car was away for paint, we got to work on the suspension and brakes. We intended for this car to be 90% street use, 10% track use so we setup the suspension accordingly. Starting with the front suspension, we installed a set of Rennline HD Strut Mounts, Bilstein HD insert, Rennline HD Control Arm Bushings, Rennline De-cambered Ball Joints, Rennline Bump Steer Kits, Tarett Engineering through body Sway bar and Droplinks, and of course the RSR strut brace that we developed on this car. We also raised the spindles 19mm and gusseted them to the strut housing.
For the rear suspension, we bead blasted and clear coated the rear trailing arms, before pressing in a set of Rennline HD rear trailing arm bushings and new wheel bearings. Working our way out we also installed a set of Bilstein Rear Shocks, Rennline HD Adjustable Spring Plates with HD bushings, 29mm Sanders Torsion bars, and Tarett Engineering rear sway bars.
Moving onto the brakes, we cleaned up our 930 setup and reinstalled these under a set of 16x8 Fuchs, and 16x9.5 Fuchs that were made by machining down a set of 16x6’s and swaging them into new lips.
When the chassis came back from paint, we installed our suspension and brakes using our shiny new hardware, and then we got moving on the electrical side. Step one was to install some Rennline Bi-Xenon Headlights with clear lenses. After years of driving these cars in the dark, it was time for something new… real light output that looks factory.
The wiring harness that was in the car seemed to have had been the project of several garage electricians and at this point, it was time for a clean start. We built a new wiring harness from scratch using a Watsons fuse box and universal loom. 4 months later, we had a very tidy wiring harness with only the bits and pieces that we needed. Our harness started at an Odyssey PC925 Battery mounted in a Rennline battery relocation kit located in the smugglers box. This gave us a weight savings as well as better weight distribution.
On top of the smugglers box was a Rennline Smugglers Box Cover with kill switch mounted to it. Behind the Smugglers Box we installed our Rennline Blower Motor Cover to do away with the factory cardboard unit that had just about disintegrated to nothing.
Moving inside the car, we installed our Rennline fully adjustable pedal set, Rennline Floorboards, Rennline Door cards and Sill Plates, Rennline Lock Knob Set, Rennline Billet Shift Knobs, Rennline E-brake handle, and Rennline Shift Linkage Cover. Next up we tackled the dash. After building several cars before and never being quite happy with the dashboard, we decided to develop something new. The result was a beautiful full Dash Fascia that incorporated an early style extrusion with Basketweave insert. This also allowed us to use an early HVAC control set, and Bluetooth Radio. We were thrilled to have finally developed a solution to the pealing, misaligned foam dash with misaligned glovebox that also has it foam peeling off. To top it off, we developed a full line of Rennline Dash knobs and a Rennline key switch bezel. What a difference!