LOL Jai, I know what you mean about the bushes, fortunately I got the Springs from Jones and the bushes are the corrct diameter.
Most of the U-Bolts as you can see were all extremely long, especially as the springs are not as deep as the originals.
On the front I was being lazy and used the torque driver but I only had a short socket so I had to do the nuts up, angle grind the threads off, do them up again, chop off more thread, then do them up tightly
then the battery ran out, and as usual the other batteries and chargers were at home.
One of the dumb iron bolts had me worried but sheared off when I started to turn the nut, fortunately The rest of the bolt tapped out relatively easilly with a lump hammer.
So at the moment I have a smaller bolt in the front until I source a new spring bolt today.
Anyway the pics:
Front N/S removed, this was the one where the bolt sheared leaving mw with that worried feeling of whether the bolt would be stuck in the tube, fortunately not.
I confess the only bolt I have not undone and removed is the N/S chassis shackle bolt as the nut is behind the exhaust which I dont want to disturb. That said I really ought to slacken off the bolt to settle the spring when I replace the front bolt Prior to tightening all the suspension bolts.
Both springs nicely in place
Note the trimmed down U-Bolts, with luck I wont need to undo them for a LONG time.
The fornt now stands pertly to attention. Indeed you now have to climb up into the 80 as it stands much taller. As for the test drive, WOW, what an experience, going over uneven surfaces its bounces and soaks up the holes instead of crashing onto the bumpstops at the slightes crack in the tarmac.
It still squeezes under the up and over garage door on the 205x16s in fact now the front is raised too it goes in slightly easier than when just the rears were done.
Just awaiting the new brake guards to pop onto the back axle before I trim the U-Bolts there.
All in all a satisfying weekend of grtting grubby.
Next I want to the the towbar on and tackle the fuel tank replacement.