stanger_missle
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Alright, now that I have the rear end worked out, I'm trying to fix the front now. The previous owner of my 95 GT put used Lakewood 70/30 struts on the front and 50/50s on the back. It also has offset poly steering rack bushings. I'm running Steeda Superlite springs with poly iso's front and rear. When the car is stationary and I turn the wheel, it makes a groaning/popping noise from the front control arm area. I also noticed the last time I had the front wheels off that one of the boots is torn on the ball joints. Are the ball joints the culprit? I was just going to replace the whole front control arm assembly with the 03/04 Cobra arms. That way I get new ball joints, new lower control arm bushings and shiny new control arms.
My second question is about struts/shocks. I want to replace the Lakewoods with something a little more street friendly. The rear had a cheap coilover setup which was setup for drag racing. I removed it when I switched to the Steeda springs but had to leave the top collar of the coilover kit because the rear shock was missing the upper bushing. Now, when ever I reverse direction quickly (like backing out of a parking spot then going forward) there is a loud "BANG" coming from the rear suspension. I can hear and feel it around the rear seats. I think its the coilover collar moving around in the upper shock mount but I'm not sure. The car has UPR econo upper and lower rear control arms. I can get a good deal on Tokico HPs. I just want a good D/D non-adjustable set. Also the Fox versions are $25 cheaper than the 94-04 versions. I've read all the controversy about using Fox struts in an SN95 but I just want a simple answer: Would I run into any issues running the Fox ones? If not I'm buying them ($274 for front and rear). Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give me!
My second question is about struts/shocks. I want to replace the Lakewoods with something a little more street friendly. The rear had a cheap coilover setup which was setup for drag racing. I removed it when I switched to the Steeda springs but had to leave the top collar of the coilover kit because the rear shock was missing the upper bushing. Now, when ever I reverse direction quickly (like backing out of a parking spot then going forward) there is a loud "BANG" coming from the rear suspension. I can hear and feel it around the rear seats. I think its the coilover collar moving around in the upper shock mount but I'm not sure. The car has UPR econo upper and lower rear control arms. I can get a good deal on Tokico HPs. I just want a good D/D non-adjustable set. Also the Fox versions are $25 cheaper than the 94-04 versions. I've read all the controversy about using Fox struts in an SN95 but I just want a simple answer: Would I run into any issues running the Fox ones? If not I'm buying them ($274 for front and rear). Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give me!