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-If you have access to a 20 ton press you can press the control arm bushings into the lollipops, then press them on the arms before you put them on the car.
-Tie rods are a piece of cake they pop right out of the spindle.
-Do the struts and the sway bar end links at the same time (get the pre pressed ones they are cheap).
-I suggest M3 solid Control arm bushings (non offset) the are more robust.
-The arms should have new ball joints installed. Installing the inner ball joint be careful you can use a jack to load the ball joint so it doesnt spin as you tighten it to torque.
-If you press the control arm bushings onto the control arms before putting it in the car its a piece of cake.
-If you try to press the control arm busshings onto the control arms after putting the control arms on the car its a real 'bastard' job.
Took my friend and I 4 hours to do all of it (including struts , strut mounts and strut tower reinforcements), but we were inside on jackstands with a pellet stove on concrete (and air tools).
Expect to pay about 300 bucks all together. Get high quality parts (no chinese parts bro..)
Last edited by Turbohugh; 01-28-2013 at 12:01 AM.
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