Corolla Levin Repair, Paint and Tune - WITH VIDEO

[Ivan141]

I dont think they drill holes in the front end around the suspension, there you just reinforce the welds by adding 2cm long welds in an alternating pattern. Only around windows and doors do you drill holes.

[apardal]

That's right Ivan... in the front end around the suspension they seam weld, the rest is spot weld!

Thank You

[apardal]

Well, after following some of your advises, I have some new pics:















Next step: sandblasting the rear axle, sway bars and some more stuff to get it painted.

Is it advisable to sand blast the driveshaft?

Best regards

[Mux213]

Looking good apardal, love the icecubes So did it work as good as they say?

What do you mean sandblast the driveshaft? You mean the thing between your gearbox and rear axle? I wouldn't, I'm not sure how sandblasting and painting it will influence it but these things are balanced to keep vibrations down. Maybe after sandblasting and painting you should get it balanced again just in case.. Or just leave it alone, I painted my rear axle and nobody sees it anyways

[apardal]

mux213, dry ice works perfectly, although a bit expensive... 20kg are 60€.

When i say sand blast the drive shaft, yes, it is between the gearbox and rear axle. When i was washing it, its paint started to come off and as it is dirty and rusty, sand blasting came to my thought. I guess the cleaner the better...

I doubt it is balanced dirty and rusty as it is, or that if I clean it, it will get unbalanced.

Best regards

[Mux213]

Apardal,

I think you are right on the drive shaft thing, just being over carefull

[Ivan141]

So that's how you use the dry ice....I'm hammering my volvo's bitumen insulation with a hammer and screwdriver these days...it works but progress is SLOW..

[apardal]

Ivan, it took me half an hour to pull it off!

[Ivan141]

I'm too cheap too find and buy the dry ice...the trackdays are already consuming my entire budget this month..

[gt99]

apardal Wrote:mux213, dry ice works perfectly, although a bit expensive... 20kg are 60€.

What is dry ice for? I don't know anything about it.