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88 front control arms

Reply #15 –
Check the strut mounts,and remember to have an alignment done.
'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..
 

88 front control arms

Reply #16 –
definitely

88 front control arms

Reply #17 –
In my front suspension I've replaced:

control arms with 2003 Cobra arms from FMS
Struts with Monroe Sensa-Tracs
strut mounts with Monroe strut mounts
TC front bar with poly bushings
new rack (Sport) and tie rod ends
still have the original 21 year old LX springs which are in great shape.

The rear has a TC sway bar and I have 225/55/16 Firestone Firehawk GT tires mounted on TC Snowflake wheels all around. The car rides great. It's nice and smooth over bumps but corners great when you push it. Hell even just replacing everything in the front end (which most of these cars badly need after 21+ years) will make the car ride and handle 100% better.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

88 front control arms

Reply #18 –
I'm doing it this weekend.  For now Im just doing tire rods, balljoints, control arms, end links and the lowering springs along with the spring isolators.  I probably need sway bar bushings but I will need to measure and get those as well

Now Im not doing struts/shocks because I am unsure what I will be doing with the brakes..Upgrade to 11" etc..Ill do struts and strut mounts then

Ill then look into the rear bushings and a diff rebuild...Tracloc isnt 100%

88 front control arms

Reply #19 –
So finally I did the front control arms...I forgot what a PIA is is!

Apparently my spring compressor for some strange reason no longer is able to be taken apart in my spring once installed..Either that or someone did a swaparoo on me! So I did the prybar /jack method..Smmootthhhh

Well my front end noises are now gone.  WHat I have is  D springs, low mile cobra control arm swith new ball joints.

 I didint get to do the sway bar bushings or tie rods but the tie rods looked ok.  The sway bar bushing well....What was left of them was um err.....Surprisingly the end links looked new.

SO the next chance I get will involve the rear springs and control arms.  I am noticing allot less bounce in the front even with my ORIGINAL 133,000 struts...The car came with new rotors and pads so when they go I plan on upgrading to fox 11" setup and changing the struts and shocks

Anyway not much more to update...I will take some photos soon

Been doing some cosmetic work here and there