Rear Suspension, Brakes and Bits

Ordered a load of goodies last week and set about putting them on the car today.  I was hoping to have the whole rear suspension and brakes completed this weekend, that wasnt to be.

Firstly I had ordered a pair of Calipers from Europarts - only problem is they dont come with carriers and I cant find the carriers on their own as a part.  Good news is I got my money back from Europarts and ordered a pair that include carriers here: http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=13593

Whilst I wait for them to arrive I put on my new caliper mount bracket and hubs.  That took some faffing around, I didnt realise that I had put the first hub on upside down, maybe if I had cleaned out some of the powder coat I could have got it on but I flipped it round and the fit was better.  After about an hour trying to force it (all the bolts were at off angles) I realised what I had done, 10 minutes later they were fitted:

 

I also fitted the new coilovers, I need to check which type of bolts to use for these.  The ones I have used are only temporary so I can get on with the build, but they definately need to be swapped for something else.  They arent long enough, are made from stainless and because of the length I cant put washers in.  Theres also a bit of "play" in them, from what I can tell the diameter of the tubes (are they crush tubes?) mean the bolts I have are too small.  I will find out for sure as these are pretty cricitcal parts!

Some pics of the suspension as it is now:

I managed to source an old brake resevour which cost me a small fortune for what it is, scrubbed up well though and is now on the car.  Only a little job but its one less thing:

Note the label for the IVA :)  The master cylinder has been binned, I already have a new one.

Finally I did the small brake pipes from the rear centre t-piece, I will be interested to see how this all fits together once my calipers arrive and are fitted.  At the moment the handbrake cable seems very lose (expected I guess as its not attached) but I cant see how its going to be solid once fitted.  Hard to describe but handbrake cable doesnt seem to "sit" properly in the chassis.  I also need to find exactly where to run both cable and brake hoses, I obviously need to ensure they dont fowl anywhere.

Need to buy some piping to put round the brake lines where they could potentially rub against chassis.  I dont think its actually needed, but better safe than sorry and I am not entirely sure of the IVA rules.  Whilst I wait for my calipers to turn up I need to do a fair bit of research for the torque settings, nothing is torqued correctly at the moment its all just nipped up.  Thankfully theres lots of info on other blogs and I have a sierrra haynes.

Finally, I didnt get much help from Jessy today.  She wasnt interested at all, normally she has a good sniff about the garage but today the sun was shining: