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help deciding christmas gift.

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fivespeedsteed

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so the next time ill be home from school is christmas and ill have an entire month. i dont need anything but stuff for my car so im thinking a tubular k member. my motor mounts are bad, and balljoints are shot. by getting this wouldnt i get the balljoints done adn then all id have to buy is the mounts? santa cant afford a maximum motorsports one, but the aje racing and steeda is looking about right. what are your opinions?
 

NKau

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fivespeedsteed said:
so the next time ill be home from school is christmas and ill have an entire month. i dont need anything but stuff for my car so im thinking a tubular k member. my motor mounts are bad, and balljoints are shot. by getting this wouldnt i get the balljoints done adn then all id have to buy is the mounts? santa cant afford a maximum motorsports one, but the aje racing and steeda is looking about right. what are your opinions?
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My advice would be to buy ball-joints and motor mounts. A tubular k-member won't solve any of those problems unless you buy tubular control arms that come with new ball-joints. Motor mounts and ball-joints are not expensive. Motor mounts are simple to replace, and I'd think doing ball-joints would still be far easier than replacing a k-member.
 

Hickfied

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While your down there, UPGRADE! If you have stock ca's, the ball joints are a bastard to get out, i'd just get tubular ca's and some solid motor mounts (but thats just me). If $$ allows, get the k member too, so you wont have to tear it all apart twice!
 
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you get christmas presents?!
 

Mustang5L5

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fivespeedsteed

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oh okay so the k member doesent come with a arms and ball joints. so if i get tubular a arms then they come with balljoints? and i just have to get motormounts right? the bushings in my upper control arms are coming apart too should i address that issue also?

also im looking to get that convertible motor mount kit from latemodel, i think its 60 dollars and has the 2 mounts and hardware. that what i want?

also, 94gtho is selling me his c springs for a good price, and im not so sure i want to run isolators to try to make it sit more level. can this be done on foxes like it can on 96+? i know alphabet springs sit the back up higher than the front, right? how can i avoid this?
 

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screw the car ask for a PONY!!!!!
 

NKau

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fivespeedsteed said:
oh okay so the k member doesent come with a arms and ball joints. so if i get tubular a arms then they come with balljoints? and i just have to get motormounts right? the bushings in my upper control arms are coming apart too should i address that issue also?

also im looking to get that convertible motor mount kit from latemodel, i think its 60 dollars and has the 2 mounts and hardware. that what i want?

also, 94gtho is selling me his c springs for a good price, and im not so sure i want to run isolators to try to make it sit more level. can this be done on foxes like it can on 96+? i know alphabet springs sit the back up higher than the front, right? how can i avoid this?
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Scratch my previous statement. If your control arm bushings are cashed, you'll probably be time ahead just putting in new control arms (assuming they come with new bushings and ball joints). Good time to do this if you are replacing springs anyway.

Get the 'vert motor mounts.

No reason you have to run isolators if you don't want to. My car doesn't do anything strange without them in.

I still say the k-member is not a good use of money.......in that there are a lot of other places most peoples cars can use help. How's you're posi doing? $50 buys a rebuild kit, and it's easy to do. How do your tires look? I'd put money many places before in a part that really offers nothing but minimal weight savings.
 

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PUNISHER RACING

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oh snap a daisy and a pony that would be like the best friggn christmas ever....... i hate my parents ( leaves room and cries in fetal position)
 

BK_CAULEY

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buying new control arms with ball joints sounds good to me. i hated changing those. and im guessing the only way to get the level look is to either cut a coil off the back or remove the isolators from the back.
 
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