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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
I bought a spring compressor just for that job and could not use it , the threaded rod was too long and could not find a short one, so I used the rolling jack instead and it worked fine , Ron
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
I'm a little concerned about the springs I put in they were 3.5 inchs shorter than the old one , when I set the car down it felt pretty stiff, the coils were quite a bit bigger, I hope it's not too striff ,parts for the 80 are very hard to find , i still have not found bushings for the 1 1/8 sway bar, Ron
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I'm a little concerned about the springs I put in they were 3.5 inchs shorter than the old one , when I set the car down it felt pretty stiff, the coils were quite a bit bigger, I hope it's not too striff ,parts for the 80 are very hard to find , i still have not found bushings for the 1 1/8 sway bar, Ron
Google Energy Suspension #9.5164 (1 1/8", 28.5 mm).
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
Thanks Paul ,I got a call from Parts Source last night so they may have found some , I was a little "peeved" that TRW only offered red sway bar links , what's with that , I wanted black. Ron
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Energy Suspension comes in both red and black. Given the colour of my car I thought red was OK. BTW my bar is only 3/4".
PS - Check #A7270 (black) at the place in Windsor.
PS - Check #A7270 (black) at the place in Windsor.
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