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I got the shaft

Without going into the sorid details my soon to be ex-wife refuses to ship my car parts to me.  So I called up Ford this morning and ordered, springs, control arms, hardware, and some bits I need for the 05.  Grand total was nearly $300.  Then I headed down to Pep Boys and ordered another $200 worth of suspension parts.  So I think Im looking at $800-1000 to rebuild the front and rear suspension.

BTW:  The upper rear dogear bushings from Ford have gone from $5 to $38, Pep Boys still carries them for $5.95, and I have 8 of them at the ex-s house gathering dust.

A small price to pay I guess, at least shes 1700 miles away.

I got the shaft

Reply #1 –
Parts and bits for the "05"?Is that a wrong year/An '05 shouldn't need rebuilt already should it?Did you mean '85?Then,we have a story.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I got the shaft

Reply #2 –
An 05, even the new stuff needs upgrades.