Yeah, I pretty much had the same thought process (did the suspension on my 2014 last year) but was hoping someone else had some other rationale and would say something like "oh yeah, springs are easy and you don't need an alignment after doing sway bar end links", lol.Are you planning on getting an alignment done on the car after you change the end links? When you change out or take loose anything on the front end that can affect the alignment you, in my opinion, need to have the alignment checked. I've got to take my car to get the alignment because I took the struts loose.
If the car is getting by ok as it is now I would wait to change any of that stuff and do it all at once. That way you only have to get the alignment checked/corrected once. Taking the springs out can be a chore and taking them out just to change isolators knowing that you are going to change the springs later is just punishing yourself LOL.
Thanks Blakeus. The x-pipe on my car is O/R so I also don't have cats.You missing some plumbing that comes off of that smog pump. My car was the same way when I got it. @Mustang5L5 enlightened me a while back on this. My x pipe doesn't have the connection for air tube that goes down from that hose to the cats. I think that's why mine was deleted. I found all that stuff on ebay for cheap.
The aftermarket mid pipes with cats doesn't use your factory smog pump, if your running factory h pipe with the cats then you need the smog pump hooked up to keep them cool or they'll over heat and clog.
If your car isn't smogged and doesn't have factory mid pipe you can safely leave or remove the TAD and TAB which is what you have pictured with the vacuum lines disconnected. They are part of the smog system that you are not running. Can also remove smog pump and put a smaller belt if desired.
Looked at it a bit closer tonight...can see it now. Thanks!The stripes in the door moldings IS different that the rest. It’s embedded in the ends. It’ll come out though. Just got to work at it Dude. I got mine out a couple years ago. It’s definitely a thicker stripe. This is when I first bought mine.