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| 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) |
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| r_towle |
Oct 6 2009, 02:02 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,598 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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Its not really needed to pull the whole front suspension down.
The rubber a-arm bushings will need to be replaced if you do this and you may not need to replace them at this point. no matter what advice you hear, please consider where you live and the road conditions....others may not think about this. You have pothole they only read about. Keep as much rubber as possible. Rubber a-arm bushings. Rubber upper strut bearings. do not lower your car and keep 195 or taller tires on the car...its a smoother ride. I did a run through NYC with race suspension...I pulled that suspension out the next weekend and it sits on the shelf. I think I broke all sorts of elec connections, coffee cups and a few teeth. i did have a fun race (which I won) with a lambo and a porsche... I wont cause I dont care...they cared. Rich |
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nycchef front end rebuild Oct 5 2009, 12:36 PM
tat2dphreak avoid KYB... bils, koni or boge, watch you might f... Oct 5 2009, 01:11 PM r_towle whoa whoa whoa.
Hold up here.
Have you driven the... Oct 5 2009, 01:40 PM
nycchef
whoa whoa whoa.
Hold up here.
Have you driven th... Oct 5 2009, 02:35 PM r_towle
whoa whoa whoa.
Hold up here.
Have you driven t... Oct 5 2009, 03:55 PM nycchef Hmmm, sounds fishy...no witnesses.
Here is my lis... Oct 5 2009, 04:13 PM tat2dphreak you drove it at 105 without doing the brakes and f... Oct 5 2009, 02:56 PM turboman808 So I put about 700 miles on mine this year did I b... Oct 5 2009, 03:21 PM tat2dphreak check rotors if you are going to replace the front... Oct 5 2009, 04:17 PM nycchef
check rotors if you are going to replace the fron... Oct 5 2009, 04:23 PM tat2dphreak thickness my man :) it's all about thickness. ... Oct 5 2009, 04:32 PM r_towle front wheel bearings are standard cheap yearly rep... Oct 5 2009, 04:36 PM nycchef
front wheel bearings are standard cheap yearly re... Oct 5 2009, 04:57 PM neil30076 Rich,
thanks for starting this thread, I am plann... Oct 5 2009, 05:18 PM nycchef
Rich,
thanks for starting this thread, I am plan... Oct 5 2009, 07:26 PM neil30076
Rich,
thanks for starting this thread, I am pla... Oct 5 2009, 08:38 PM Dr Evil Richie,
Ask Eric Shea about the shox, he sells th... Oct 5 2009, 08:41 PM nycchef
Richie,
Ask Eric Shea about the shox, he sells t... Oct 6 2009, 06:58 AM |
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