So i pulled the rear suspension, brakes and hubs out tonight. It's positive though - well hopefully; potentially rebuilt hubs tomorrow with new bearings, and the shock that looked like it had pushed through the strut top has actually just been built differently to the other one by some fuckwit in a suspension shop. Spacer above on one, below on the other...
Upside is i dummy fitted the aftermarket JIC alloy plates with spherical mounts that match my adjustable fronts - turns out they fit after all! Same suspension shop mounted them on the struts for me (for nothing at least) and somehow made them not fit my car, so i assumed they were for a Levin coupe or different chassis and had put them back on the shelf.
So with a bit of luck i'll have re-assembled matching struts with the good tops on them tomorrow too! Now the only other huge noise will be my 50c right rear tyre. Nothing like a last minute flurry of activity but you have to love trackdays; without them i swear i would never get anything done on the car.
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