...things like a set of end links, ball joints - reasonably priced in a kit or set form? Either online or from one of the national auto parts vendors like Napa or Autozone. At this point I'm more price conscious than brand conscious.

Thanks for any recomendations and maybe a ballpark price I might expect to pay.

 

Energy suspension makes complete bushing kits for the Fbodies, but an entire front end like ball joints, tie rods, center link, pitman arm, and idler arm.... That's something you'll have to piece together. I'd expect to pay in the $200 range for everything.

 

Ball joints
Control arm bushings
Springs
Struts
Strut bearing
Inner tie rod ends
Outer tie rod ends
Tie rod adjusting sleeves
Center Link
Idler arm
Sway bar bushings
Sway bar end links
Steering gear rebuild kit
Steering pump rebuild kit
Power steering lines
Wheel bearings

Not all of those things are "necessary"; for example, your power steering pump may not need rebuilt, if it doesn't leak; and your strut bearings might be OK. You'll have to be the judge.

There is not, to my knowledge, a "kit" or "set" containing these things. Energy Suspension will sell you a "kit" of bushings; and Spohn will sell a kit of that sort of thing, plus ball joints and maybe the steering parts. Other than that, just check things off that list I gave you, as you locate them.

Yes, NAPA and VatoZone and Advance and your other local parts stores and the sponsors of this bulletin board, and various Internet sources as well, might all be places to check for price / quality / brand / intended purpose / etc.

 

Haha I wasn't even thinking about the struts and the like when I factored that cost, just the steering alone.

 

How complete is "complete", anyway? That's a kind of open-ended question for sure.

No doubt somebody else will come up with something I missed too...

 

if you want to pay too much, spohn has a "kit" that contains everything.

but you can save ALOT by ordering all the parts at once, at a online place like RockAuto.com..... btw, if you go there, use a 5% discount code..

 

iirc check spohn and moog products, one of them has a kit.

 

http://www.spohn.net/category.cfm?categoryid=1071

JamesC