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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jules98GT" data-source="post: 1506885" data-attributes="member: 27230">Had a productive week with the car, I am please to say the front end feels amazing.For you who have been following along or helped me elsewhere on the forum these hydro bushings are different but not difficult to work with. I had a lot of questions, and was hesitant, suspension work has always had me a bit on edge mainly due to my own in-experience with it.So in the hopes of helping someone like myself in the future, here it goes.First and foremost, DO NOT use heat. Hydro bushings are oil filled, as the name suggests.The first picture is of the bushing sleeve with all the rubber removed. I took the time to clean this one up before I removed it to get a good shot.From everything I researched this bushing was mostly used on the Cobras, and some GT's and is really not all the common.[ATTACH=full]19449[/ATTACH]Alright moving on. Here is a picture of that same sleeve slid out. Using a hammer and chisel between the control arm and the flange on the sleeve pictured it'll slide right out. Don't be afraid to wack it.[ATTACH=full]19450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]19452[/ATTACH]And here is the sleeve being removed with the rubber attached. Using the drill bit method and a press to remove the inner bolt sleeve.[ATTACH=full]19453[/ATTACH]Notice the pockets for the oil.[ATTACH=full]19454[/ATTACH]Alright so those were removed and cleaned up. New urethane bushings and Steeda x2 ball joints installed.[ATTACH=full]19455[/ATTACH]The difference between a standard ball joint and the steeda is pretty crazy.[ATTACH=full]19456[/ATTACH]Took them suckers home and to install them on the car. That was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. The steering shaft of all things is what gave me the most trouble.Also installed the urethane steering rack bushings, and the sway-bar end links as well as the spring kit.[ATTACH=full]19457[/ATTACH] Not gonna lie - this is when I really started to get excited. Getting the car ready for power is kind of a drag, its expensive and slow going but I will be glad I went this route first.[ATTACH=full]19458[/ATTACH]Got everything set up and Started putting it all together.</blockquote>