I would like to do as much as possible myself and wondering what is the best way to do it.
Do i ...
buy seperate parts (tie rods, bushes, ball joints, discs ...) and cheap crossmember with just crossmember and control arms?
If so are the ball joints riveted on/easy to remove from control arms?
OR
pay more for an alright complete one and end up having to buy new parts anyway?
should i go to a brake upgrade place and get one with a certified fb/ek outrigger on or will engineering the weld be the same price if engineering brake upgrade at same time?
OR
just take the car to hoppers stoppers or a similar place and let them do it all.
I will just be running a grey.
Thanks
hr front end build questions
If you are unsure your best bet is to buy a gregorys workshop manual for FX to HR and see what is involved in rebuilding a front end.Most parts of the HR front end rebuild are relatively easy but the inner wisbone pivots can sometimes be a pain in the arse.
I doubt you will still find a HR front end with the original rivetted ball joints still there, most will have been replaced with new bolt in ones over the years.
To replace a rivetted in ball joint you just grind off the rivet head and punch out the rivet and once all are out just drill out the rivet hole to the size of the new ball joint bolts and bolt new ball joint in.
Bottom ball joint is press fit but can be knocked out with a large enough hammer and the new ball joint knocked back in with an old socket or piece of pipe that fits around the outside lip of the ball joint.But it is "supposed" to be press fitted in.
You will also have to change the front HR outrigger to an FE to EH one.
If you are a little unsure as to whether you can do any of the above mentioned work yourself you would probably be best to outlay for a changeover reco unit from CRS as you will get the outrigger allready changed over and will get an engineer certification for it in writing.
You will still however ( technically speaking ) have to get an engineer to check the fitment of the installed CRS HR front end because technically it is a non standard original fitment front end and has beem modified.
A lot of blokes just fit HR front ends and not worry about engineer checking the final fitment.
Obviously the more work you can do yourself the less it may cost you but if you don't think it is within your abilities to do it then it can become an expensive conversion.
I doubt you will still find a HR front end with the original rivetted ball joints still there, most will have been replaced with new bolt in ones over the years.
To replace a rivetted in ball joint you just grind off the rivet head and punch out the rivet and once all are out just drill out the rivet hole to the size of the new ball joint bolts and bolt new ball joint in.
Bottom ball joint is press fit but can be knocked out with a large enough hammer and the new ball joint knocked back in with an old socket or piece of pipe that fits around the outside lip of the ball joint.But it is "supposed" to be press fitted in.
You will also have to change the front HR outrigger to an FE to EH one.
If you are a little unsure as to whether you can do any of the above mentioned work yourself you would probably be best to outlay for a changeover reco unit from CRS as you will get the outrigger allready changed over and will get an engineer certification for it in writing.
You will still however ( technically speaking ) have to get an engineer to check the fitment of the installed CRS HR front end because technically it is a non standard original fitment front end and has beem modified.
A lot of blokes just fit HR front ends and not worry about engineer checking the final fitment.
Obviously the more work you can do yourself the less it may cost you but if you don't think it is within your abilities to do it then it can become an expensive conversion.
I can't think what to write here so this will do.
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mrs ratbox
