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front end rebuild, starting winter project |
nycchef |
Oct 5 2009, 12:36 PM
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mechanical moron Group: Members Posts: 952 Joined: 28-November 05 From: new york city n.y. Member No.: 5,202 Region Association: None |
hi all. getting ready to start rebuilding the sloppy front end on my 73 2.0. seems straight forward enough, so i figure it should only take 4 or 5 months to complete.
i am ordering lemfoerder turbo tie rods and ball joints, then a pair of rebuilt calipers from eric shea. what type of front shocks should i buy. kyb or bilstein? boge may be out of my budget. what are your thoughts. also what bushings, nuts, spacers or other little crap should i get in house to avoid the weeks of waiting in shipping hell for a bolt or pin i may have missed? this is a street car. no racing or auto cross. thanks in advance for all the dumbass questions this project will no doubt create (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) |
tat2dphreak |
Oct 5 2009, 01:11 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
avoid KYB... bils, koni or boge, watch you might find some in the classifieds. I think there's some there right now.
the weltmeister bushings should be fine for a street car, I can't see paying double for the elephant ones, and I don't know of a bushing in between the $62 Welts and the elephant racing. get the ball joints, the new castle nut, etc... FWIW, I did all of this a couple winters ago... I didn't do the turbo tie rods, just the new tie-rod ends with new nuts.. that saved me quite a bit. I did all except the bushings in one afternoon. it actually goes a lot faster than I thought. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I still need to do bushings. |
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