Full Suspension Rebuild Thread

[Eric351M]

It's been almost two years since I first bought my PGT. I found out that my Probe is at that age where you can't just replace one part, instead you have to replace all of them.

I have been buying and collecting parts for about a year now and all I need are three more parts to complete the full setup. It's torture to look at all these parts just sitting in my garage.

I was hoping to have everything installed by Fabulous Fords Forever but that did not go as planned. I now want to get it done before the Angeles Crest Highway Cruise, but that might not happen as well due to the fact that I ran out of cash. All I need now is a new rack n pinion, a new power steering pump, and one more rear strut mount.

Anyways, here is a list of all the parts:
Hankook Ventus V4 ES
Tokico Illumina Shocks
K Sport Springs
KYB Strut Mounts (all four corners)
Adjustable End Links (front & rear)
LCA Poly Bushings
All four Poly Engine Mounts
Moog Tie Rod Ends
Moog Ball Joints
Timken Wheel Bearings
Timken Wheel Bearings/Hub
19mm Sway Bar
Trailing Links
Lateral Links
Eibach Camber Bolts
Also have the CV Axles under warranty so I will be replacing those as well while I'm under there.




I will be posting pictures once I get a chance to start and document how much of a drop this set up gives me.


I was a bit anxious about getting started so I went to the junk yard and did this





Left all the parts in the trunk so that someone could use them if needed.

[mac1]

damn didn't know he made control arm bushings, nice.

[93silverGT]

I could never let parts sit uninstalled. I'd break down and start modding!

[TravisWilliams_GT]

Definitely respect the Junk Yard Etiquette there

I think I would have purchased the rear subframe only and the bolts and pre-assembled it using all your new parts for a faster swap when it actually came to wrench time.

[da dude263]

nice stack up of parts! I got alot of suspension laying around to... well i just have alot of parts laying around... hurts to see em unused

[Alexklze]

Wow the car is going to feel way different! And I really like your junk yard idea of leaving parts I would normally just throw away.

[Dan [Sac]]

Definitely respect the Junk Yard Etiquette there

+1 on that, and thank you for it. Too many people hack things they don't need and needlessly ruin a ton of good parts.


Good idea doing it all at once as well. Good luck!

[Eric351M]

Definitely respect the Junk Yard Etiquette there

I think I would have purchased the rear subframe only and the bolts and pre-assembled it using all your new parts for a faster swap when it actually came to wrench time.

Thanks, I was thinking of buying the subframe but my wallet is way under weight.

I could never let parts sit uninstalled. I'd break down and start modding!

I thought of that every time but then I tell myself that the parts I do not replace would just damage the new parts.

Wow the car is going to feel way different! And I really like your junk yard idea of leaving parts I would normally just throw away.

Yeah, I can't wait until I can get do drive it with the new parts.

+1 on that, and thank you for it. Too many people hack things they don't need and needlessly ruin a ton of good parts.


Good idea doing it all at once as well. Good luck!

Thanks

[mac1]

so tell me again why remove the sub frame and rear tie rods? i'm sure you know you'll have to re-align it when done.

[93probeanator]

He's going to have to get an aliment anyway lol.


Good work I bet it's going to handle like a boss!!

[Stevoh]

Nice Chameleon Blue Probe! Getting harder and harder to find. Also nice suspension arms.

[mac1]

He's going to have to get an aliment anyway lol.


Good work I bet it's going to handle like a boss!!

ah shit your right, the front tie rod ends.

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Nice Chameleon Blue Probe! Getting harder and harder to find. Also nice suspension arms.

pink yo

[RedGT]

VERY nice setup That is going to feel like a brand new car!

[cf_z]

ah shit your right, the front tie rod ends.

... and pretty much everything else in that picture


+1 on doing it all at once. gonna be one hell of a change!

[plx92]

nice work man thats quite the pile of parts you got! dont quite understand the last pic. did you bring al your old parts in a car at the junkyard? or did you go to the junkyard and disassemble a rear subframe on another car? if you brought all of them to the yard what are you gonna do about a subframe and spindles?