Suspension Componants

[CATKICKER]

Hi Guys, at risk of sounding completly stupid I would love some clarification as to what is what.

Would be great if you could save this pic and circle the following parts in paint or similar and post it back up for me so I know what I am looking for.

-Sway bar bushes

-Upper bushes

-Lower bushes

-Radius bushes

-Bump stops

Long story short, I am going to tacle replacing these myself but want to be sure so any help would be great!

Thanks!!

Todd

[shoei]

ok upper bushes is maked as 'upper link', when you take the upper link off you cant miss the bushes...

radius rod is marked as 'tension rod bushing'

bump stop is marked as 'bumper'

best to remove the 'tension rod' and 'upper link' and take it to a shop, the bushes need to be pressed out. As with the sway bars, prob better of buying one of SK's whiteline sway bars, the kit comes with bushes and mounting instructions, i think $200 or so for front and rear. You could also buy the radius rod bushes and front camber bushes of SK as well, about $100 each... check to group buy section... i wouldnt worry to much about the bump stops unless your car gets airbourne alot...

if you want me to circle the diagram let me know.... just too lazy now, long day at work...

[CATKICKER]

WICKED!! Thankyou very much! That help alot!

So I am guessing you missed the 'lower bushes' because there arn't any? - this is going off a pedders test...

Thanks again!

[CATKICKER]

ALSO, out of interest, would a camber kit fix any of this?? if so, what?

I am thinking about getting front and rear sway bars and front and rear camber kits but wonder if this will come with / affect any of the bushes I am replacing (for instance the upper link bushes...)

Where do the camber kits sit?

Edited July 20, 2006 by CATKICKER

[shoei]

yeah sorry, the lower link uses a ball joint, you will know if this needs replaceing...

what exactly are you trying to fix??

if it is uneven tyre wear from lowering your car, then a camber kit will reduce the amount of camber your running... a front camber kit will replace the bushes on the upper link.... note that there are two bushes on the upper link, the whiteline camber kit only replaces one of these bushes. so if you want to replace both bushes on one arm then you will need to buy 2 camber kits. The rear suspension assembly is different from the front in that there are two upper arms... two bushes on each arm = 4 bushes per side, again whiteline rear camber kit comes with one bush for each arm.. reason for this is that the camber kits are to correct the camber of the wheel. if you want to replace all the bushes then you will need to camber kits.

if you have lowered your car then i would recommend buying rear camber kits, front camber should be ok, and one kit is generally enough... if you are running Japanese suspension, eg tiens, with extremely hard springs then you probably dont need swaybars, the bars dont have a chance to work cause the springs are tooooo stiff.

[CATKICKER]

Thanks for that shoei!

I will double check with the ball joint.

What I am trying to do is fix the list of problems that came up after a suspension check at pedders.

I think what I will do is buy:

1x front camber kit

1x rear camber kit

1x caster kit

rear subframe alignment kit

front sway bar

rear sway bar

I have just purchased some near new bilstien shocks with lowered springs so will do the lot at the same time.