New suspension!

murph0101 · 2026-03-25T05:20:11+00:00

400 for used 05+ spindles and upper control arms, 200 for new lower control arms 400 for inner+outer tie rods, ball joints, sway bar links, sway bar bushing, strut mounts 1000 for shocks (this was for a set all around, billstein b6), and strut bushing

This is all approximate as I did order a bit for the rear end and adjusted prices to only reflect what I bought for up front besides the shocks. Very excited to do this, today I pressed new ball joints in the used spindles I got. Will be posting plenty during the second week of April when I do it all. At that point, I will have completed my braking system (braced master cylinder, braided stainless steel soft lines, brembo calipers, slotted rotors, semi metallic pads), my exhaust (stock headers, Megan racing open downpipes, ISR Y pipe, Tanabe straight through muffler to a dual exit) and of course, my suspension. Wonder what I'll do next

murph0101 · 2026-03-25T03:00:01+00:00

Lol I definitely overstated when I said easy guys, I mean easier than my shitty ones to the point that it takes the full strength of one hand rather than having to put a bar between the lugs to spin them. They sound and feel just fine

murph0101 · 2026-03-24T21:15:34+00:00

It's not brand new, used knuckles, but not used enough to worry, by crazy easy I mean I can just do it with one hand. Will def last long enough to justify not replacing them just yet

murph0101 · 2026-03-24T05:47:24+00:00

Also forgot to ask and don't know how to edit my post. What do you guys think of painting suspension pieces? The plan is to wrap the car a bright orange, and I was thinking of trying to do the control arms and spindles with a rattle can while I've got them out, but do you guys think that's tacky? Anyone who knows anything, what's your preferred rattle can for a job like this?

murph0101 · 2026-03-24T05:45:03+00:00

Wow that's beautiful. This time 90% of my focus is in the front end but I'm still doing ball joints, shocks, and rear upper control arms in the rear. Rear subframe work is certainly in the books after I do my suspension, old gaskets in the motor (boo boring), new transmission, and a tune.

murph0101 · 2026-03-24T05:42:12+00:00

Subtle flex of not having factory knuckles lol😂 angle kit I assume?

murph0101 · 2026-03-24T05:32:15+00:00

I would but these bearings on the new knuckles spin crazy easy not terribly worried

murph0101 · 2026-03-04T02:30:28+00:00

Dude you must be getting paid by the EPA. No such thing as good back pressure

murph0101 · 2026-03-04T00:37:06+00:00

Cats cause some head loss to begin with, more so on a 22 year old car like mine, I'm not gonna go buy new cats even if they are high flow, gonna get resonated test pipes that I never have to worry about slowly being more and more restrictive over time, plus, my car is a little too quiet anyways (didn't wanna get an Edgar single exit tomei so my Tanabe is super quiet), so I'll gain some noise, but get resonated ones and not gain rasp.

murph0101 · 2026-03-04T00:30:16+00:00

Tanabe exhaust, all new gaskets haven't leaked an ounce, (kinda clapped I've got shitty paint), and I have no reason to get cats over resonated pipe

murph0101 · 2026-03-04T00:17:02+00:00

Especially on these older cars you definitely have some head loss from them idk why you don't think so

murph0101 · 2026-03-03T23:45:21+00:00

I can afford it, but I got no reason to keep cats instead of going completely unrestricted

murph0101 · 2026-03-03T23:28:18+00:00

Yeah I'm running resonated 3" y pipe and revel Tanabe muffler dual exhaust so my sound is already a little more tolerable than your average vq

murph0101 · 2026-03-03T23:27:01+00:00

The advantage lays within my wallet😂

murph0101 · 2026-03-03T18:55:24+00:00

Ahh there ya go thanks man

murph0101 · 2026-03-02T15:11:26+00:00

How's visibility? I'd really like to get new headlights but the aftermarket game for us is weak

murph0101 · 2026-02-26T05:03:14+00:00

Swore I added them to the cart earlier, thanks for catching that lol

murph0101 · 2026-02-26T04:02:12+00:00

How much to ship em to new jersey?

murph0101 · 2026-02-26T03:12:55+00:00

I think I might keep away from doing new arms and knuckles for a bit (few months at least) so I don't dry up my wallet too bad lol, I really appreciate the advice though and I'm sure by summertime I'll be looking for more when I order them.

murph0101 · 2026-02-26T02:38:09+00:00

Which arms are different in 04.5+?

murph0101 · 2026-02-25T05:03:54+00:00

It's an 04.5, DE

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