S1 Type 49 Elise Refresh

[Badger02]

Hammerite special metals primer applied (whilst avoiding the bearing surfaces). Next step is install the ball joints and bushes, mask them of, then spray the gold top coat.

[Badger02]

New brake piston seals fitted

Edited January 13 by Badger02

[Badger02]

Pleased with the condition of the steel bobbins. Will apply ACF50 to the alu parts later

[Badger02]

Drivers side hinge plate is a bit rusty so will take that of, derust and paint

[Badger02]

1st wishbones painted. So one coat of zinc spray, 2 coats of hammerite special metals primer, 3 coats of hammerite top coat, 1 coat of lacquer

[Badger02]

2nd set of wishbones with zinc spray applied after the deox c rust removal treatment

[Badger02]

Some aluminium corrosion found where the damper top mount bolts to the chassis, so will scrub that and then apply some Duralac

[Badger02]

Duralac now applied and also around the steel bobbins 

[Badger02]

Don't do what I did and apply the wrong torque setting to the bolts that fix the bracket to the chassis otherwise you'll end up with stripped bolts

[Badger02]

[Badger02]

All front wishbones and some other bits derusted, zinc sprayed, hammerite special metals primer (because of the zinc) applied, and 3 coats of hammerite gold applied. Once dry i'll apply several coats of this clear epoxy lacquer which i hope will dry rock hard and give great resistance to stonechips

[Badger02]

2 pack clear lacquer applied. One 200ml can was enough for 2 coats of 4 wishbones 

[Lithopsian]

Going full bling on the wishbones!  Are you going to do anything with the worn hinge bearing surfaces?

[Badger02]

1 hour ago, Lithopsian said:

Going full bling on the wishbones!  Are you going to do anything with the worn hinge bearing surfaces?

Wasn't planning to. Not sure what I could do anyway and the doors stay open.

If you know how to repair or replace them, I'd be interested to know.

[Lithopsian]

People have done lots of things.  Perhaps the simplest is just to add the plastic spacers from the S2.  The hinge will still be worn, but shouldn't get much worse.

I've seen the hinge built up in two different ways.  No doubt there are more.  You can add metal to the worn area and build it back up to the original level, but realistically you need the hinge off and some fairly specialised welding equipment.  Not sure how well something like a metal epoxy would last.  Adding the plastic spacer to your nice new hinge would be a good idea anyway.  Maybe even more fancy is to ream out and fill the gap with a harder metal rod.  Seloc is the place for ideas, lots of people have attacked this issue.

There have also been at least two different designs for replacements on the spring.  One of them had rollers that sat on the unworn part of the hinge either side of the groove.