I'm in the planning stages of a front end rebuild. I'd just assume replacing all bushings while I have it apart. In looking through so called 'kits' from many vendors and manufacturers, many of them don't seem to have every bushing, dust cover, etc. What's been everyone's experience with these? I'd like to find the most complete kit for the money. So far, I've found Spohn's kit to be the most complete, at least in the description. Any others?

http://www.spohn.net/product.cfm?productid=1366

 

 

I bought everything separately, so I have no experience with kits; however, Spohn's seems pretty complete. (My own problem with a kit is that after I'd installed it, I want to upgrade the sway bars, then LCA's, then the--well, you get the idea: I'd have wasted my dough.)

JamesC

 

I'm planning on doing the same thing. I am gathering a part's list together. My experience trying find every poly bushings was pretty difficult. The other day I was searching for polyeurathane lower control arm ball joint dust cover and no one makes one. I called p-s-t.com and they told me that they don't make poly lower control arm ball joint dust covers because it's considered a moving part, so rubber is the best material because of it allows movement. But for the rest of the stuff I pretty much almost have. Here's my part's list: Energy suspension tie rod end bushings for inner and outer, Moog Lower Control Ball joints and Global West Dela-Lum Lower Control Arm Bushings, Spohn fabbed strut mounts, strut mount retainers, and strut mounting bolts. The rest like the sway bar bushings and links are already installed on the car and they are also from Energy Suspension. Oh I also want to add you can try searching on p-s-t or Prothane, may be you might find somehting.

 

i have two complete kits from energy suspension that have just been collecting dust because everything i bought came with them.

 

I recently bought a PST Polygraphite complete kit for my fourthgen. It came with EVERYTHING including tie rod ends, ball joints, all control arm bushings and sway bar bushings. It even included nice anodized mounting hardware for the sway bar and all required grease. PST stuff is graphite impregnated and, with a healthy amount of supplied grease, I've had no squeaks whatsoever. Check out their thirdgen kit.

 

you can try northern auto parts i just bought a complete kit for my 86 Z-28 including front lower control arms rear control arms trans mount front and rear sway arm bushings with end links pan hard bar bushings and tie rod end caps for less than $200.00 all energy suspension they have lots of other cool stuff also. nothernautoparts.com tom