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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 03:16 AM
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Default Replacing suspension bushings.

I think I am going to be going with the Energy suspension hyper-flex master kit it contains;

Includes front and rear control arm bushings,
front sway bar endlink bushings, rack & pinion bushings,
rear spring cushions, rear strut rod bushings,
differential pinion bushings, tie rod end boots.

According to there web sight. I was wandering though if this is a complete set or is there more I should be doing while I am under there?
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Travis93
According to there web sight. I was wandering though if this is a complete set or is there more I should be doing while I am under there?
Ball joints if you need them while the control arms are off. Also, this would be an excellent time to pull the front spring and install lowering wedges to lower the car if this is somethine you have considered wanting to do in the furture. You can make the control arms look better than new if you clean and scrub them with steel wool while they are off the car.
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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I did plan to look over the tie rods and everything else for wear while I was under there. I was realy wandering if this sounds like a complete set of bushings or should I get some other pieces while I am at ordering these. Thank you for the reply.
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If you actually go as deep as replacing diff carrier bushings make sure
you replace your motor mounts with the poly-bushings aswell.
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Originally Posted by Travis93
I was realy wandering if this sounds like a complete set of bushings or should I get some other pieces while I am at ordering these. Thank you for the reply.
If when you said front control arms you also meant upper and lower, then yes, it looks like a complete bushing set.
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