My morning surprise
 

So I went out to the driveway this morning and saw this...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/...b1ac0742_b.jpg


The surprising part was not the Z up on jackstands with the wheels removed (I did that) but what I found as I was poking around under the car. I have a track day coming up and like always, I jack up the car and check all the suspension parts as I swap out brake pads etc.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/...61e46d90_b.jpg

LOL... how long has that little guy been hanging like that? Oh well... just goes to show it pays to check things out BEFORE you get to the track ;)

Picture update on page 3

With the title of the thread, and the picture, I totally thought your wheels were stolen.

Wow, and you probably thought "I need stiffer sways". :roflpuke2:

:gtfo2: For tricking me! I felt my stomach drop for a second. :shakes head:

On point, :rofl2:. Good thing for your precautions. :tup:

I know right?! I was thinking, what's the deal with right turns? LMAO :bowrofl:

:icon17: I kinda did that on purpose. I'm a stinker like that.

I was going to comment on how thoughtful the thieves were to use properly positioned jack stands when the ripped off your wheels.

Wow -- was about to say, very considerate thieves, giving you jack stands heh

You got me good too....

This thread....is fucken GENIUS!

Yea, Mike I always check mine before Canyon carving.

My driver rear end link has a habit of breaking loose after a good run. :shakes head:

:rock:

Yeah it's on my drivers side too. I bought a new nut and put a split washer in to try to lock it in a bit better.

I thought the same thing and said "Poor bastard". Then "That SOB" and laughed.

For those who though they were stolen, Aint no one gonna steal your wheels and make sure your car or brakes don't touch the ground and get damaged unless it's some nice thief who respects your car but took your rims anyways lol.

and if they respect the car, they wouldn't be stealing the wheels. It still got me for a second though.

I almost thought you bought the new Volk Super Lap- Invisibles :icon17:

Got me too dude........good thing you are proactive about checking out your suspension regularly.

:icon18:

At first, I thought the thieves were nice enough to at least leave you the jack stands but then I was all :ugh:

Yea, I got that sick feeling in my stomach when I first scrolled down.

Thank goodness your ride is intact and there were no issues with the loose sway bar.

Bee you're a bastard! Damn near gave me a heart attack :bowrofl:

:tiphat:

I found my right rear like that when doing a pre-track check one time.

Must just be vibration on suspension parts. There was a bit of rub/wear on the arm so it had been like that for a few miles at least ;)

Those are exactly the Volks I can afford!! How did you know?!:eek:

lol he was trolling us

shhh! You're not s'posed to tell anyone until AFTER Tokyo Auto Salon!!

And yeah, I scrolled down and saw the wheels missing... Thought "Oh ****! That sucks!!", then I noticed the jack stands and how high off the ground it was and got confused for a sec haha.

:roflpuke2:

how could you not notice the swaybar was unlinked while driving??? :icon17:

i too thought some crook was nice enough to put on jack stands. lol :D haha

:tup: I was thinking the same thing. You got some nice theives, mine left the car on bricks.

Well played good sir.

trololololololol

:icon18::icon23:

Extra little update coming... working on the pics now... stand by..

Spot-on, spot-on!

Update
 

So a few little things that I would assume are normal to a car with 20k miles. No biggie, just thought I would share.


First up... this part which I will just call a suspension arm for lack of a better term. I'm assuming this is the part that Nissan is swapping out due to rust. It's not the parts fault, rather, the crappy paint which most likely gets chipped due to being so close the front wheels/ground/debris and then, well, rust ensues!

Anyway, no biggie. Some sanding and repainting are in order. No real loss of metal from what I saw. Same on both drivers side and passenger btw...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/...451b4fd7_b.jpg
In this underside view you can see that it's pretty much all the way around the entire outside edge.

A view from the top shows considerably less...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/...92aa0d9e_b.jpg


Other little things would include a spot of rust on the bottom portion of my coilover spring...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/...0a4dcf6e_b.jpg

Also noticed the plastic cover on my SS brake line is starting to show signs of wear...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/...499d3bfd_b.jpg


Well there it is. Everything else looks spot on albiet a bit dirty.

Do you think it would be possible to use the spray on bedliner crap along the bottom and edges of that piece? Would be much more durable than paint.

I imagine so but it sounds kinda like a PITA although I don't know what that process is. I think after a decent sanding, applying a base coat of primer followed by a good enamel should last for some time.

Funny, when I saw the title of this thread my first thoughts had nothing to do with cars - although I did think you have a cool SO! :)