Suspension part 3

Well the Sachs front struts went in and then came out again. Andre and Frank weren't pleased with them and felt that the shocks would be too soft and not match the performance of the Tokico shocks in back. As luck would have it, Andre acquired another cabriolet (1985) in white ironically and although the car looks pretty rough, there are some good salvageable parts. The right front strut was taken from it and my Tokico shock cartridge was inserted along with the Eibach springs; happiness at all four corners!


Here's a picture of the re-skinned driver's seat (forgot to take a picture yesterday). It will need a good steam clean when "red" gets home. Speaking of cleaning, Frank tries to get all the parts as clean as possible before he drops them back into the car. The carpets look amazing, rich and black. Well, it turns out that he sprayed carpet cleaner on them and power-washed them before installing them...he's really going above and beyond the call of duty on this.

The dash will be going in soon once all the alarm and stereo wiring is done. Frank decided to add another remote actuator for the trunk! Stefanie will now be able to lock/unlock the trunk with the fob...not bad for an '82, er '87.



The plan is to get the driver's seat installed and drive it back to the body shop for the remainder of the cosmetic work. They know that the interior will get dirty again so they want to minimize the eventual clean up a bit.