fbodyalltheway

So I am looking into redoing the front suspension and steering since I have 218,xxx mi on the bird. I have looked into Spohn and PST. I found some bad reviews on PST. The Spohn sounds solid but I would have to buy the kit and some extra parts. I found this kit that has everything except the a arm bump stops, but I never heard of mcquay norris. I did a search on here and they have been mentioned a couple times, but no solid reviews on them. Did a Google search and found a review comparing them to TRW and Moog. Just looking to see if anyone has some personal experience with them, and get thoughts on it. Thank to all in advance for the help.


http://www.marketworks.com/StoreFron...=0&i=240337206

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linky no worky

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http://www.marketworks.com/StoreFron...=0&i=240337206

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Have used them, never a prob. just as good as moog IMO. Wouldnt hesitate to buy. I only use trw, mcq and moog, spicer joints and such. Never chinese junk. Backw hen I id some tinkering on my corvette I once used vb&p ball oints, they turned out to be chinese junk and they were kaput within a couple thousand miles

fbodyalltheway

Thanks for the info. Like I said I really like how it has everything in one kit. Other kits I found only had some parts and not the others. Meaning I would have to buy other parts separately. I would only have to get the bump stops and they are only like $7 a pop at the local parts store. My struts are only about 2 years old. But I am looking into springs also.

Kevin Vandevenne

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When i was looking for parts for my front end rebuild I read a lot of good reviews on some 2nd gen forums on mcquay norris parts. I pieced together my kit and went with one of their idler arms. Seems well built from what I can see.

fbodyalltheway

just ordered this kit. already have front end tore apart so I can blast and paint some of the parts well waiting. will let everyone know how the kit is and how well it goes in. come spring time I will let you know how the handling is.

Dizturbed One

Looks nice, I think I'll be ordering this kit for my daily driver RS, along with some braided steel brake lines and a new panhard bar. I'll post back my results in a month or so.

Edit - Actually, if you go to rockauto.com you can piece together an all Moog kit with the same stuff but without the generic swaybar bushings and adjusting sleeves. Ordering some Coleman Hex Sleeves with ES swaybar bushings and 1LE endlinks to replace it, and it's only about $125 more for all the beefier problem solver components

fbodyalltheway

so went out to the garage today and the package was sitting in front of the bird. turns out ups has the code to my garage. so I dont know how long its been here. probably a day or so. so shipping took about a week. so i looked at everything and turns out it does also come with the a arm bump stops. every thing has grease fittings. also all new hard ware castle nuts and cotter pins etc. I will post pics of the kit sometime tomorrow. (can some one explain how to put the large photos right in the post? instead of me having to attach thumbnails, where im limited to 3 pics per post.) Also due to the lovely Wisconsin weather i was unable to sandblast and paint a arms, sway bar and spindles. so as soon as i get that done i will start install. and let you all know how the fit of everything was.

2600-watt-rs

Get a photobucket account and use the insert image button (yellow box with moutains in your reply box) you have to upload them to photobucket then use the URL of the image... I know.. confusing.. easier to show then say.

But BTT im going to get that same kit. Thanks for finding it and GL!

fbodyalltheway

No problem. Oh and shipping was reasonable to with shipping it came to $250 and some change, so about $25. And that was from Maryland to Wisconsin.

fbodyalltheway

So here is what it looks like.

PACKAGING:



SWAY BAR END LINKS:



BALL JOINTS:









A ARM BUMP STOPS:

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A ARM BUSHINGS:











TIE ROD SLEEVES:

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TIE RODS:

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SWAY BAR BUSHINGS:





IDLER ARM:

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CENTER LINK:

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got my parts painted today so hopefully in the next week or so I can get the bird put together.

blasted


painted

2600-watt-rs

Looks good man. So all parts seem ok? Make sure you post picks when your finished.

fbodyalltheway

Yeah so far it's all been ok. Got the a arm bushings pushed in and the ball joints put the bump stop on to. So a arms are done. Decided to do springs as long as I have the Bird apart so waiting to order them before I start putting the rest together. I am going with Moog springs.

JamesC

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I notice the end link hole is egged out. Too bad you didn't have that fixed, but everything looks terrific.

JamesC

fbodyalltheway

here is a pic of one a arm all done

fbodyalltheway

didn't realize that just thought that's how there were suppose to be.

JamesC

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Look at the fourth pic in the following link:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...end-links.html

JamesC

fbodyalltheway

I see well not much I can do about it now. As they say life goes on.

fbodyalltheway

well been done for a week. so here I go with some pics.

here are the old springs next to the new Moog ones.


some before pics of the underside

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the after pics

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right after I pulled the Bird out of the garage. The front end was sky high.


took her to get an alignment the next day, she went in looking like that and pulled out looking like this


I am so glad the front end came down.