The front uprights arrived today as well, so now both those and the steering are in place. There's some slop with the steering assembly, but then again there was with plastic too. The combination did throw off front toe by quite a bit, though. Lengthened the rods by a good 2mm and it's still maybe a touch too much. But this bring to mind another thing I though of while building - the stock ball studs really should have hex heads. Having to pop a stud out if you need to readjust a link is a real pain in the butt and causes unnecessary wear.

So, ready for the race now with this car. Hopefully I can at least avoid a DNF