Went to a classic car show at my church today. Since I don't have a classic, my 16 year old supra would have to do.
Something I bought a few years back and now that the struts are installed, I had to start using it. This HKS unit was new and still in the box. Works wonderful. Just...
It's not hard to remove the lowers if you have no rust.
The bushings are a pain to get out, and you want to leave the metal race in the arms for the new bushings mount into.
cwd
They are not hard to remove, if you mean the uppers. The top ball joint is a bitch to remove if there is no weight on it. The bushing removal is the hard part.
cwd
Thanks IJ. Ronnie advised me to use moly grease also. I have every moving poly bushing greased and nipped fitted. :) No squeaks!
The differance in this car is amazing and I've only driven it 4 miles so far!
CWD
Idaho
Here is the subframe installed with one of Ronnie's bushings. What I ended up using as a washer is the stock bushing's bottom cut off and flipped over, as the new washer....perfect fit. This was just a test fit.
Here is the suspension back together and boy does it go together tight. The...
The front subframe bushings were easy to remove, just some good hammering on the metal inner sleeve and a few knocks with a large screwdriver, and they popped harmlessly to the earth :)
Here they are installed with out the inner sleeves. Much stiffer than stock..night and day actually...
I bought Ronnie K's full poly kit for the front end, and looks like I'm the first one to have the front subframe mounts installed. Ronnie is first rate and I highly recomment him, considering he's the only one who makes the full poly kit. Here's the parts from him.
The upper arms...
I'd thought I'd share my pain now that the job is finished.
A little background first, I've owned my '91 supra for 6 years now and the front end and steering rack have always given me problems. I had movement in the rack and the DS rack mount and nut broke off and had to be welded back twice...
Relisted at $7500 buy it now. I think this could be a better deal :)
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cwd
Why are there tan seats in that car? The seats have been re-done, and tan against shadow grey looks weird. The door panels inserts and center console are still black leather, kinda half assed in my opinion. I think if that car was a 5spd with a clean and proper preforated black leather seats...
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