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Old 12-01-2011, 01:09 PM
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My 98 z28 Camaro has 62,xxx miles right now, lifted it last week to check the exhaust and noticed that most seals on my tie-rods, and ball-joints were torn, bushings have cracks on the rubber, and also my tires have been wasting on the inside.

so the next project on my car will be changing out the front suspension since i think they are original and about 14years old and California fwys are not the nicest

few questions:
is there a particular brand or would the basic autozone stuff work just fine (i don't do road-course just DD and drag sometimes)

any place were i can get a full kit with most stuff i need?
need:
control arm bushings
tie rod ends
ball joints
(missing anything else i need? changed sway bar bushings recently)

and do i need any special tools to do this at my house?
thanks
Old 12-01-2011, 01:21 PM
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I have all that stuff. Here's a kit with everything but the tie-rods (which I also have, both inner and outer, just haven't had time to get them on the website).

http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=18&ModelID=7

Parts are also available individually.
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upper ball joint is easy......lower ball joint is a PITA !!!!! and you need a press
Old 12-01-2011, 05:24 PM
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strano is awesome and very helpful as well! never gone wrong there!
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cool did not notice strano sells basic items like that...good to know
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+1 on the Strano-nator
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+2 on Sam's kit.

Anything less than, or cheaper than, Moog is a waste of time and money.



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