You'll get this sorted out and with the right questions being asked and lots of research you'll piece together a good performing and functional car over time. Maximum Motorsports has the best coil overs because they build their kits to specific struts and the sleeves fit like a glove. The one size fits all coil over kits will rattle and annoy you to the point of aiming your car at a ditch.
which is why when I get mine off in a few days if the bushings and ball joint are shot I might just buy new. Rock Auto has Skp for 47 each ( 111 shipped) but not sure I want to go with that brand. LMR has some, not sure what brand but says OE style bushings and shipped after my discount would be $184.
I tried to with my HF bushing tool but I failed... Took them to an " old school" mechanic here and $50 later they were done ... WELL WORTH the money
My " old school " mechanic place is pretty reasonable price wise.... I did the Balljoints, that was easy compared to the " days " I had trying to get the bushings in....
I see I see. Well i'll probably just go ahead and buy since just found out my local machine shop (which I believe he's the only one even close to me or close enough), he's retired now I guess. Also by the time I buy the bushings, ball joint and have them installed I'm sure it'll be at or near the $159 from Rock auto.My " old school " mechanic place is pretty reasonable price wise.... I did the Balljoints, that was easy compared to the " days " I had trying to get the bushings in....
yeah like I told Limp I just found out my machine shop is now closed and not maybe there's one an hour ish from me now vs 15 m. Also just priced the ball joints and seems about 70 for both as well as about 60 for the bushings. Even if I got them pressed in for $50 as limp got and not sure how long ago that was lol, I think the $159 shipped from Rock Auto is likely calling my name.....
I haven't gotten them off yet I'm finishing up the rear today or tomorrow after freshing up the differential with bushings, paint, pinion seal, and a brake kit with drilled ans slotted rotors. I should be on to the front in a few days and gotta inspect to see how everythign looks. I suspect they'll likely need attention though.
Just to clarify, the $50 was labor only.... I supplied all parts.....
i definitely took that as $50 for labor only lol. Yeah I guess for me depending on how they look upon inspection and also folks saying they got Moog bushings before but the place in China makes Moog for moog and also moog for other places so they noticed the quality was different IIRC. So i guess might be taking a chance either way on even buying moog bushings as to which one you'll get potentialy if that's true...
I am not talking about just the bushings, I was speaking for the entire arm.... I can't say this for sure, but possibly thinner wall thickness and I knew that my old ones would " absolutely for sure " fit back on the K member...
I wonder if prothane bushings in the front arms are best over the rubber just like with the differential and the uppers for it. Maximum Motorsports recommends the stock rubbers for the upper arms to axle and actually even the OEM arms too. Sure if I were to put in prothane bushings and do them myself I could save some money versus the 159 shipped from RockAuto of the Moog arms that comes with the bushings and the ball joint. But if rubbers are better then I'm better served definitely with the RockAuto ones.
Gotcha. Yeah I got two other ones and I still want a fox one day LOL. None of them gets driven really during the week as I also got two trucks. I'm going to call MM tomorrow though I want to see what they say in regards to the front bushings
Mm recommends stock rubber bushings in the axle housing as well as well as they recommend especially for a street car OEM arms upper arms. I want to call them tomorrow on their recommendations for the front arms
