Front suspenders refitted. Took the opportunity to weld up a dodgy chassis repair and absolutely the worst welding job I have had to do. What I expected to take 10 minutes or so dragged out to about 2 hours. The previous repair was mostly bog and wishful thinking. Because of the location and position I had to lie under the area to reach the weld and I managed to get a eight bad burns through two layers of clothing. Not fun. Anyway fixed now.
New heavier antiroll bar and double width mounts. Adjustable lower arms and camber plates on the struts. Supposedly a two person job but managed on my own using an antigravity device. Luckily I didn't know it was a two person job. New hubs which are hubcentric with the rotors. Need to drill these for the long 1/2" studs we will be using. Brake mount adjusted slightly to accommodate the hub differences.
Will finish the diff gear set swap on Wednesday and fit the diff to the single leaf springs. Fuel tank will go in to confirm available space. Upper radius arm mounts to weld to the chassis and of course the Watts link supports. All the loads will be inwards (as the diff rises or falls the effective length of the watts link control arms shortens. Trying to get a feel for the loads imposed to confirm the sizes of the supports. The links themselves are bigger than I expected so obviously loads are not small though the change to effective length isn't that great. At this stage thinking of using 3mm sheet folded and dimpled and gusseted. 100mm difference in height from side to side. Anyway this lot will be the tricky bit.
Worked out fitment and plumbing of the evaporative emissions control and catch can so those will be plumbed soon.
Once the diff is in I can corner weight the car and get a feel for the front springs we will need.
Edit: the AU XR6 which is the Watts link donor has heavy droppers for the links and the central pivot isnt vertical. Need to do some more research.