Mr.SpeedFreak
Well-Known Member
Yep and it's definitely worth considering. Just thought I'd throw my two pennies in too ccasion14:
Imo, with what you're using the car for, I would just get a stock style rubber bushing front end rebuild kit that includes balljoints. So basically whether as a kit or individually you're looking at:
4 upper control arm bushings
2 lower control arm bushings
2 upper balljoints
2 lower balljoints
2 Strut rod bushings
If it were me, I would just get this kit and source urethane lower control arm bushings on their own, just for longer life compared to the rubber. (those ones are fun to change)
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/rsd-rsk6669
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Can't comment on the labor cost as my buddy that does restorations professionally helped me with mine, but it only took us an evening after work to get mine done :shruggy:
I would not use the urethane lower bushings as i recall there were some issues getting fully seated. That is why PST doesn't sell their kit with poly lower bushings. I myself just used the PST standard front end kit and everything went in perfect. You will need to find a shop that has the ball joint socket to replace those...we used a 60" breaker bar to get them in and out. One word of caution, if you buy the standard front end kit, make sure you buy inner tie rod ends and adjuster sleeves as they are not part of the kit. I had to order mine after the fact when I realized it.
That right stuff detailing kit looks pretty good too, had pst not given us 10% discounts I was going to go with the RSD kit from summit.
I rebuilt a customers car with the urethane lca bushings and noticed they don't hold the pivot pin in place like the stock rubber ones do. When I did my suspension, I used the rubber lca bushing and the rest is urethane. Very happy with it.
I rebuilt a customers car with the urethane lca bushings and noticed they don't hold the pivot pin in place like the stock rubber ones do. When I did my suspension, I used the rubber lca bushing and the rest is urethane. Very happy with it.
Which brand were those lca bushings?