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Sphinx
05-25-2010, 12:55 AM
Ive been looking (Still am LOL) on what little things we forget when upgrading our suspension. Im about to take care of struts/shocks and springs with some fun go-fast-stop gear and have been looking for the little, inconsequential pieces we end up bowering our buddies car to go get while we're up in the air.
My goal isn't an aggressive ride but to restore OEM with improvements along the way.
Ill be taking care of all these in one fell swoop:
*Front rotors and pads
*Rear shoes and cylinders
*Brake fluid drain
*Shocks/Struts (GR2)
*Progressive springs (~1.5 front and back drop)
*STB
*Addco sway bar
*V6 TB
*Air filter and pipe
*All 4 belts and gear to go with it (ie, water pump, seals, etc)

What are the little details that go with those repairs/mods? Yes, we SHOULD all have a Chilton/Hayes in hand.
Hopefully all the other newb's that run up on our community can get some help from this :-)

tamim13
05-25-2010, 10:24 AM
Just to add, when you are changing the shocks and struts, just do your control arms, sway bar links, strut mounts, boots, etc to have your suspension come back to almost new. Otherwise with the lower stiffer ride, bad ball joints or links are going to get really noisy.