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Old 02-03-2008, 07:26 AM
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The lower ball joints are a real pain, the TRW joints seem to be designed with too much interference... takes a lot to get them pressed in... burning the rubber bushings isn't fun either...
New parts: Energy Suspension poly bushings (the old rubber bushings didn't look too good), new inner and outer tie rod ends, new upper and lower ball joints, new wheel bearings.



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Old 02-03-2008, 08:29 AM
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Let us know how the car rides after the install. I know i too am a beliver in using polyuthrene.
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Originally Posted by 98boxer
Let us know how the car rides after the install. I know i too am a beliver in using polyuthrene.
Finished the second half today, alignment is way off but that's normal if you install new tie rods.... ride is fine so far, i only drove it about one mile....getting my alignment tomorrow morning
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how many miles do you have on the car? those are pretty tore up. It might be a good excuse for me to upgrade to the poly
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i hear the poly ones are going to squeak like a **** after a few months when the super grease on them starts wearing off!
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Originally Posted by ae13291
i hear the poly ones are going to squeak like a **** after a few months when the super grease on them starts wearing off!
I did my upper arms about 8 months ago, no squeeks so far.... I used lots of grease, they sell this stuff at the 'zone'
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Originally Posted by camaroguy26
how many miles do you have on the car? those are pretty tore up. It might be a good excuse for me to upgrade to the poly
100K miles.... and yes, the rears were really bad and basically torn into two pieces....
The fronts were fine...
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two more pics of the completed driver side.... It took me 8hrs yesterday to do the passenger side, today it took only 4hrs for the driver side. I guess once you did it and have all the tools laid out it's a piece of cake



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wow looks good man!! i would consider this in the future!




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