Rebuilding my front end, Calling our Suspension experts for comments and suggestions Options

[draganc]

Hi everybody!

I’m rebuilding my front suspension and already did most of my research here on the forum.

Just wanted to double check with the forum before I buy the wrong parts and powder-coating.

Up front, some car/driver information: ’75 2.0 (upgraded to 2056), weekend driver MAYBE some AX/track (only for fun).

What I have done so far:

- small hell-hole repair and a 2x4” floor patch, rest of the body is rust free - yeah I know, urban legend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
- Tangerine heim rods welded in and trail-arm bushings installed.
- Rear coil over Bilsteins setup with Eibach 125lbs
- Original rear and front sway bar (new bushings)
- Inspected front shock tower rubber. Looks excellent w/o cracks, almost like new.

What I’m planning to do and some questions:

- Powder coat front suspension HW

- Install new ball joint and turbo tie rods

- Install new calipers, pads and lines (steel and rubber)

- Rebel racing front bushings

- Upgrade std./old Boge inserts to Bilstein.

Should I go for the HD or Sport type? What’s the difference?
Does it make any sense to “upgrade” the torsion bars also, in order to match the rear 125lbs springs?

- Run ATS wheels (7x15 ET30) with 195 tires (I don’t want to roll the fenders).
Any tire (summer only) recommendations?

- Bump steer kit
If I install the washer/longer screw kit (between cross bar and rack) will/can it have a negative impact if don’t go low “enough”?

- Align front and rear wheels.

Thanks for your inputs! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Dragan

PS: I looked high and low on bilsteinus.com to find out if my rear shock (1610 B46 0179 H1 Type 20) is a HD or Sport version. Can somebody confirm the type? I thinks it’s HD but not sure.