@71Polara383 has blasted Regina's control arms, strut rods, centerlink, tie rod adjustment sleeves, and sway bar hardware. Here is a photo he shared along the way:
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We have replaced the control arm bushings (4 Moog
K7006 from Rock Auto for the upper CA; 2 Moog K7007 sourced through
Pep Boys, of all places, for the lower CA -- the 7s are very hard to find, thanks go to Wyatt for pointing me in the right direction), the bump stops for the lower (Moog
K7293) and upper control arm (Dorman
31052 *), and the upper (two Moog
K772) and lower ball joints (initially I had planned on installing 1 Precision Suspension Technology
BJ10220 passenger and 1 PST
BJ10221 driver -- but Moog K7003 / K7005 from
@mobileparts came in just in time and so that is what went on the car;
Snow White, Regina's N-code sister, will get the PST parts).
Today or tomorrow, Wyatt will install new tie rod ends (Moog
ES352R outer and
ES355RL inner), idler arm (Moog
K7014), and pitman arm (PST
PIT18757 **). New KYB
KG4507 front shocks have already been installed, the rears KYB
KG5512 will be going on in the next few days after the front end is done. (Note: the torsion bar boots could not be replaced, due to lack-of-space to remove the bar).
*: FWIW, the only replacement UCA bumpers I could find were the Dorman. The good news is that they are an exact replica (see photo below -- the perspective gives the impression that they are different, but they are not). One remaining question mark for me is whether they'll last for the rest of the car's life -- I don't know, as this is the first time I have bought a Dorman product. In any event, the upper bump stops should only be of use in extreme cases, and I don't plan on taking the car airborne...
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**: PST offers a discount to FCBO members, but only on orders above $200. I placed my $350+ total in two separate orders, however, and was told after I requested the discount that they did not qualify
