delling3
Active Member
I have a 96 GT Convertible with a shade under 100K miles on the clock. Has full length SFC's already installed, but otherwise stock chassis/suspension.
I have a set of lowering springs, tokico shocks, and camber caster plates sitting waiting to install.
I am thinking about the control arms. The car exhibits some handling sloppiness over uneven pavement (which we have a shit-load of). The current suspension is set up with OE springs and Monroe shocks and struts with only about 2500 miles on them, so I know they are good. This is the first live axle car (my pickup doesn't count) I have driven in a long time, and I don't know if the handling I am experiencing will be improved greatly by changing the control arms out back, or if this is simply a characteristic of a solid rear axle? It is a weekend cruiser/occasional road-trip car, not currently used in HPDE of any type.
Do I replace the LCA's while I have everything apart? Can't see the benefit of going to the effort of changing the bushings only - I figure either stick with whats there of swap in a set of tubular LCA's Then, if I do that, what about the Uppers?
Obviously I am putting some $$ into the car with these changes, and I don't have a bottomless wallet. Thoughts?
I have a set of lowering springs, tokico shocks, and camber caster plates sitting waiting to install.
I am thinking about the control arms. The car exhibits some handling sloppiness over uneven pavement (which we have a shit-load of). The current suspension is set up with OE springs and Monroe shocks and struts with only about 2500 miles on them, so I know they are good. This is the first live axle car (my pickup doesn't count) I have driven in a long time, and I don't know if the handling I am experiencing will be improved greatly by changing the control arms out back, or if this is simply a characteristic of a solid rear axle? It is a weekend cruiser/occasional road-trip car, not currently used in HPDE of any type.
Do I replace the LCA's while I have everything apart? Can't see the benefit of going to the effort of changing the bushings only - I figure either stick with whats there of swap in a set of tubular LCA's Then, if I do that, what about the Uppers?
Obviously I am putting some $$ into the car with these changes, and I don't have a bottomless wallet. Thoughts?