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Old 09-20-2004, 01:03 PM
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glad to hear you finally got them.

Regarding your question of doing the rest of the suspension at the same time: I would say it depends on the mileage of the car and of course the condition of the bushings etc. One part for me is an alignment. I rather not pay for repeated alignments so doing them all at once seems to make economic sense.

You also said your front springs are sagging. From my experience it is rare for front 124 series springs to sag. I am wondering if something else is going on. Remember you can adjust the ride height by spring collars that come in various thicknesses. You can tell by the number of "numbs" on the edge of the rubber spring collar at the top of the spring. In trying to figure out what influence a change to provide, remember that roughly twice the thickness of the collar to ride height change.

How are your tie rods and idler arm bushings, sway bar bushings Ft & R and of course rear links?

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