Front Suspension Kit?
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Car: 1982 Camaro Sport Coupe
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Front Suspension Kit?
After driving my car around for a while and, collecting money I have decided to redo the whole front suspension. I am wanting to make the car handle better in all situations but, I use the car mostly for daily driving. Would going with all stock replacements but, using better bushings be good for what I want. Or should I go for aftermarket stuff? Does anyone know of a kit that includes everything?
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Re: Front Suspension Kit?
Well you've kind of got one of the cars to where you're starting out the farthest from where it is you want to end up.
You've got 25-yr-old everything, the smallest (or maybe even none at all) rear sway bar, the smallest front sway bar, the weakest and most worn-out springs, probably still the OE struts which probably are nothing but dead weight on the nose, and so on. So it really needs pretty much every piece, even stuff that doesn't ordinarily need updated.
I don't know of a "kit" that's that complete. You need:
Front springs
Struts
Strut bearings (maybe)
Front sway bar
Ball joints
Control arm bushings
Sway bar end links
Sway bar bushings
Inner tie rods
Outer tie rods
Adjusting sleeves
Center link
Idler arm
Wonder bar
Steering gear adjustment
Steering column rag joint
Rear springs
Rear shocks
Rear LCAs
Rear sway bar
Rear sway bar end links
Rear sway bar bushings
Subframe connectors
Trans mount
Torque arm bushing
Plus of course, fix any broken or missing or otherwise unserviceable stuff.
I thnk Spohn (board sponsor) sells the whole group of Moog replacement parts, as a "kit"; but then you'll need to go out and pick sway bars, shocks & struts, and springs, to match what you want the car to do.
You've got 25-yr-old everything, the smallest (or maybe even none at all) rear sway bar, the smallest front sway bar, the weakest and most worn-out springs, probably still the OE struts which probably are nothing but dead weight on the nose, and so on. So it really needs pretty much every piece, even stuff that doesn't ordinarily need updated.
I don't know of a "kit" that's that complete. You need:
Front springs
Struts
Strut bearings (maybe)
Front sway bar
Ball joints
Control arm bushings
Sway bar end links
Sway bar bushings
Inner tie rods
Outer tie rods
Adjusting sleeves
Center link
Idler arm
Wonder bar
Steering gear adjustment
Steering column rag joint
Rear springs
Rear shocks
Rear LCAs
Rear sway bar
Rear sway bar end links
Rear sway bar bushings
Subframe connectors
Trans mount
Torque arm bushing
Plus of course, fix any broken or missing or otherwise unserviceable stuff.
I thnk Spohn (board sponsor) sells the whole group of Moog replacement parts, as a "kit"; but then you'll need to go out and pick sway bars, shocks & struts, and springs, to match what you want the car to do.
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Car: 1982 Camaro Sport Coupe
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Re: Front Suspension Kit?
Thanks for the list of parts.
How much do you think doing all of that would cost me?
How much do you think doing all of that would cost me?
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