Bean Bandits Levin 'Globetrotter'

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another non progress update but it has pictures.

after some measuring regarding my lower control arms I realized the pair I bought is off.
In more detail the holes for swaybar and tension rod are spaced too far from the chassis mounting point by about 20mm. So the I took another adventure into the local industrial area and 2 hours and half a dozen shops later I found a matching/equivalent AE86 LCA.



as can be seen above apart from different length, the angle of the ball joint on the first LCA I bought is different. This turns out to be fine as due to my car being lowered and the lack of RCAs this will keep the ball joint as before.
Below a picture from top where the difference in the mounting points can clearly be seen.



The last picture is to give an idea of the end product. I will use the lower part from the LCA on the right, cutting just above the tension rod holes and use the ball joint of the left one.
I still need to refit my BV2 steering kit to complete my measurements of how much it needs extending to avoid the wheel hitting the chassis rail and take this into the equation as I'm limited if I want to keep camber at reasonable levels (around negative 2 degrees).
once this is done I'll have a look at wheel choices again.
my initial plan was to go for 8x15s all around but according to my current figures this would ask for ET-40 at the back to keep a 'normal' look as the fronts would need to be negative offset to clear. Last but not least this means I'd need to extend the arches some 40-50mm too. So I might opt for 7s which would reduce offset and arch extension by 12mm each.

PS: for some reason I have a bad feeling that with the BV2 kit, my current wheels will rub the rails despite being spaced out 30mm (final offset -10) and only being 6" wide.
more news later this week