With the second drive shaft finally removed from the rear hub, we set about cleaning up the hubs and hub carriers, then adding a primer coat.

Whilst doing this, we realised that we reached a milestone today. We have now taken off every single nut, bolt, bracket, pipe, clip, wire, bush, bearing, hose, etc. on our MX-5e whilst restoring it and preparing it for the EV conversion. The only two nuts we have not undone are the two front hub nuts, because we don't need to. We have even taken off the doors and had them apart to fit new electric window cables and guides. From here on in, we are only putting stuff back on the car 😎

Parts of the wheel arch liners on the MX-5e are held in place with these nylon 'expanding lock clips'. The ones on the car are 30+ years old, quite worn and starting to crumble, so we bought some new ones on eBay for just a few quid.

We have finished painting the MX-5e rear uprights and hubs. We didn't powder coat these because there are too many bits that need to be accurately masked off and kept clean.