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Lol, looks like you’re about two weekends ahead of me. I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this, kudos for the effort.

So all told today I have about 1.5 hours doing this undercoat removal, and I’m 1/2 hour from being done. Physically I’m done, but I’ll have the last bit off tomorrow. I thought this job was going to be a bitch, but it was actually not that bad. Boring, but quick and easy. You can see all the...

Driver’s side steering knuckle is out, paasenger’s side nut is off. Had a 1inch ID conduit three feet long with my craftsman 1/2” breaker bar on the passenger nut, with me bouncing on both of them. Heard a crack, thank god it was the nut braking loose. Gonna strip the driver’s side wheel well...

Lol, yep, I leave that in the garage now.

I'm praying I won't need these, but good to know about them. I don't have much experience with removing rusted bolts, but I think that's about to change, lol.

Just checked Fastenal, they have the little guys, going to need some of the bigger bastards when all is said and done. I'll check out the others, thanks for the heads up.

Taking off most of the front end of the car due to rust issues and age, and going to have to replace a lot of the bolts. A. Lot. Anyone know where these can be bought outside of the manufacturer? Mazda is selling them for a few dollars a shot, if there's a cheaper alternative that provides the...

Shout out to you for drawing this to my attention, I would never have thought to strip the undercoating off the car. Going to be a tedious process, but well worth the effort. I've been reading up on that POR 15, that does really seem to be the stuff to use up in these wheel wells. Expensive, but...

Started removing the undercoat on the drivers side to see what the metal underneath was like. First pic is back by the door, looks like surface rust without any places eaten through. Same with the strut tower, front of the fender and up by the bumper. Lots of rust, but manageable. Going to pull...

Should I try to get that undercoating off?

Corroseal came in today, this is the after pic of the caliper bracket and strut supports. According to their website, this is exactly how they are supposed to look if done correctly (all black, no streaks or imperfections). The reaction was almost instantaneous, and this is a primer so when it’s...

Back on topic, since I haven't pulled the LCA's yet, what's the life expectancy on those? Watched that 1A auto vid on the base 6 and the ones they pulled off were pretty shot, but they didn't give the mileage on the car. Thinking that the noise in the front end of my 2010 might be coming from...

I read a thread on someone's 3 who had used the Corroseal to arrest the rust, even worked on the rust under the paint, so I ordered that product for the rust inhibitor. Haven't decided on what paint to use yet, figure for the suspension parts it doesn't have to be high temp, while the brakes...

Might as well start a build thread for this work. Will be spotty at first, as I have zero experience posting information like this, but this may prove useful for others who will be doing some of the work that this involves. I'll be primarily replacing the subframe because of rust issues, however...

A question about the front subframe bolts. Are you saying if I cut the nut off the bottom I can't get the bolt out? I believe that my subframe is in about the same shape as yours, my back bolts look to be in good enough shape to get out, but both of the front bolts are in horrendous shape. From...

Perhaps, and depending on my subframe bolt situation I may end up having to take way more off the engine then I planned, however I would really not have any interest in that part. I will probably put in the HPFP internals ( mainly because I’ll have everything off the engine to get to the pump)...

Lol, my 'help' atm will be to give the older hands the ability to remember how to do some of the things I'm currently attempting. Be a bit before I'm able to contribute, unless it's to console others who find themselves in the same boat I'm in.

Ok, starting to build towards that 25 post total, though that part looks like it would be a bitch to install.... A real bitch. And just found out you can only post every minute or so, or else I'd be at 25 by now...

Welp, I'm right here with you. Bought a 2007, didn't check it well enough, and now I'm dropping and replacing the subframe. Your parts look an awful lot like my parts, and I sure am not looking forward to trying to get those front bolts off the car. Good news is that when I drop the subframe, I...

Yep, 6, thanks.