Car at the paintshop

Finally took the car to paintshop and it will be ready in two months. The trip took whole day and I also made a quick stop at Kari's Garege to pick up front fenders and other parts from soda blasting. There is still lot to do and my car will not be the first priority at the paintshop. First all the panels, doors, hood will be sandblasted to get rid of the surface rust we found when stripping the car to bare metal. Then there is still some welding to do, but hopefully not rust repairs anymore.

The only picture I got was from the front of our house before the camera's battery died. Next time the car will look completely different.

Rear hubs

In order to get the car on wheels I needed to assemble the rear suspension. I got the original hubs modified to 5x114.3 PCD and they turned out to be great. There was not enough space for 5x130 so I have to use adaptors. Does not really matter as I have to space the wheel out anyway by 25mm.

Sectioned rear strut with Tokico 5-way adjustable insert. I also added rear sway bar.

I'll leave the doors and hatch lid to be removed by painter.  He can also remove the glasses. I'm really happy to get the car off my hands for a while.