BC Coilover Exploded View

by **bigBADbenny** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:41 pm

BC V1 20120822_9522 by Big BAD Benny, on Flickr

by **bigBADbenny** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:42 pm

I was intending to make a how-to rebuild coilovers guide... but really there's heaps out there so instead I combined my two interests, photography and cars, into a visual guide.

These BC V1's were from Gambit's beast.
This rebuild/refurbish wasn't going to work out as a major financial advantage due to so many parts being replaced (engine bay fire), but I could see the fun in the challenge.

Essentially the only parts I didn't replace on the front pair (left to right in the pic) were the camber plates, lower bearing nuts, top hats, springs and the lower mounts and mount lockrings...
Which meant replacing: Adjusters x2, top nuts x2, bearings x2, boots x2, bumpstops x2, dampers x2, spring seats x4 and upper x2 and lower lockrings x2...

I was very lucky to have assistance from Cruisin, who straightened, sandblasted and arranged anodizing for the camber plates. Previously red, they're a stealthy matte black now!

Darron, manager at JustJap the Aus distributor of BC Racing was very helpful with sourcing the parts and very upfront about the expense involved.
I had most parts delivered within a few days which was great!

The final cost was just under a complete replacement front pair... But considering that, this was a very unusual scenario: most coilover renovations would require only dampers to be rebuilt or bearings to be replaced.
According to Darron:
"all BC's can be rebuilt so all are fully serviceable and shock/strut body insert and all mounting parts can be replaced to rebuild the BC Racing Suspension range."

Peace of mind if you are considering a great value performance upgrade for your ride.

by **bosc0** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:40 am

Nice work Ben, must have put a lot of time into that image. With those skills, who needs CAD

PS, perspective is a bitch.

by **Gambit** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:02 am

Hats off to you Ben, total respect for that image. As a fellow tog no easy feat. *bows down* . painstaking work but well an truly worth it!

by **bigBADbenny** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:21 am

Cheers!

Only a little more than an hours fun - the contour job is less than perfect :wink:

The perspective is natural - with a little realignment to get it all on axis...

5d mkii, 50mm f/1.4, polariser filter, 4x bowens 500 monoblocs with soft boxes/shoot thru brollies, 2x SB800 under translucent product table...

by **Rome_BRZ** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:12 am

bigBADbenny wrote:Cheers!
Only a little more than an hours fun - the contour job is less than perfect
The perspective is natural - with a little realignment to get it all on axis...

5d mkii, 50mm f/1.4, polariser filter, 4x bowens 500 monoblocs with soft boxes/shoot thru brollies, 2x SB800 under translucent product table...

Very nice work Ben, looks amazing!

by **Gambit** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:59 am

Very nice them bowens, thats next on my shopping list a decent set of studio strobes. do you have a setup shot?

by **bigBADbenny** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:14 am

Can do a setup pic. The Bowens are very reliable and tough - a great mid-range option.
The Gemini 500's can be run from a Bowens battery for location work...

by **cruisn** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:34 am

You has some skills brother. :good:

by **bigBADbenny** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:15 pm

Cheers, Mark. Your assistance absolutely crucial, as was your encouragement!

If anyone has some cool parts to make photos of, let me know.

by **Gambit** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:45 pm

BC should be paying you money to shoot their product like that ! haha

by **bosc0** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:58 pm

I draw similar views for a job. Wish i had time to do fun stuff like Benny!

by **bigBADbenny** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:16 pm

Just need to score some black perspex before stepping it up!

Shoot it with dark field lighting... Mmmm...

The point here is to establish that one can deliver a result, then maybe seek more opportunities.
But like I mentioned that was a rush job...

by **HyRax** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:57 pm

That looks great! Isometric views like this are always great and illustrate far better than any other view I can think of (and certainly better than outline pics).

Now you just need to make it animated, slowly coming apart.

by **Kekotic** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:36 pm

Good stuff Benny!

Now take apart your entire car so we can get a cool photo of that too.