Front Suspension rebuilding, My front end is SHOT!!! Options

[Eric_Shea]

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I figured it would be so much easier working on the front end once removed.

Smart (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

It's really easy enough to remove that, I personally wouldn't do that kind of work any other way.

Keep us posted.

[Jaiden]

Can anyone give me some suggestions on the best places to get parts?

Is PP and AA the cheapest? The turbo tierod upgrade looks pricy there and the sway bars are outragous!!

I need to start ordering parts soon if I want to get this back together.

[Dr Evil]

Also try GPR (German Parts and Restoration), and HPH (High Performance House). Read the "is AA in trouble" thread before going there. Informative, and they are offering a 5% discount if you are still willing to do business with them. Just make sure that you get Lemferoder, not some off brand. Why do I say this? Becasue I bought the whole dang set up for $90 off of ebay from some place up in Main. I installed and drove for like a month. After the month I looked under my front end and noticed that every rubber part of that kit (the tie rod ends and rubber sleeves) were completely degraded and split. They looked like your front end, but cleaner. Yes I was pissed. So I ended up buying the good stuff from one of the major suppliers. If you find one that you are interested in going with for your parts, post them here and get some feed back. Many of us have been bitten before by the crappy ones and know the good ones.

Oh ya, some people may differ, but obe of the easiest ways to tell that you are getting the right parts is that the tie rod ends will have castellated nuts, not nylock.

[Eric_Shea]

Turbo Ties just had a huge jump in price. I found out the hard way as I sold a set to a customer and lost $50 clams (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

Check the threads here for the eBay guy that was selling them. they're supposed to be the proper ones.

I bought cheap ones once and the boots are the wrong type of rubber. The grease packed internally ate threw them about two weeks after I had them on the car. Do it right, do it once.

As far as sways go... look for a used set-up here. They go for $50-$100 depending. Get one complete and then get Mark Bland's (Engman here) mounting kits to weld in. A stock bar will be a drastic improvement and is an excellent choice for street driving. I wouldn't go over 19mm for a street driven car.

E.

[TROJANMAN]

QUOTE (Jaiden @ Feb 6 2006, 05:20 AM)

Can anyone give me some suggestions on the best places to get parts?

GPR (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

[tat2dphreak]

paragon... if they have it, I generally buy from them, followed by Pelican, or HPH

[Jaiden]

So I completed the tear down of the front suspensionand now need to plan for the rebuilding. There are 2 ways I can go but am looking for suggestions and some help on what are good prices. I'm planning on starting to AX this car but will also drive it on the street with the wifey.

1 Stock rebuild:

Sand blast and paint all hard parts
New bushings for A-arms
New felts for torsion bars
New Ball Joints
Turbo Tierods
New struts Boge or Bilsteins
New front wheel bearings and seals
Cut or replace rotors (Optional stockers are ok)
Brake pads (Optional stockers are ok)
New hardware
Alignment

2 Performance upgrade:

Used 911 front end (dependent on cost)
Sand blast and paint all hard parts
New bushings for a-arms (poly? or stock?)
New ball joints
New struts Bilsteins
Torsion bar felts
Turbo Tie rods
Rebuild kit for 911 calipers
19mm master cylinder
New wheel bearings and seals
Cut or replace rotors based on condition
sway bar kit ??mm or stock
New Hardware
Front 5 bolt wheels and lugs (minumum) or all four
Alignment


So am I missing anything here?

[Eric_Shea]

Yeah... for the stock on at the top:

Sway bar kit 19mm or stock and I'd lean toward stock depending on your driving habits.

I would have that on both.

Looks like you've got it covered.