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Old 06-22-2006, 02:40 PM
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I followed the advice of fatagel and picked these endlinks up to go along with my recent sway bar install. While I was at it I got the steering rack bushings. I have only seen a few posts about these, all of which have been good reviews. I will post some feedback after the weekend.
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i didnt notice anything with the steering rack bushing. a huge PITA for minimal if any improvement.
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Originally Posted by KAX
i didnt notice anything with the steering rack bushing. a huge PITA for minimal if any improvement.
yeah i never said anything about those. i did mention endlinks, but not rack bushings. i didn't find a difference in them either, and yes they are a pain in the ass.

the other part though are the subframe lock bolts. those, when you can get them, are nice.
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although on a second note; with the way you drive you might feel a difference.
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Originally Posted by fat angel
although on a second note; with the way you drive you might feel a difference.
Yeah, I definitely like to put the car through its paces, in the corners that is.
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On the 05/06 the rack bushings are pretty easy IMO. I noticed it right away...took away the mushy feeling.
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well that was interesting.

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Install was done today. Huge thanks to Fat Angel for the hard work!
The first thing was to change out the end links with the whiteline adjustables. The stock ones are steel, but one look at how sturdy the whitelines are, it made it a no brainer.


After that was out of the way it was on with the coilovers

We had to make some adjustments after the inital test drive. The car with the current setup is very connected in every aspect. Take a look at how the entire car went on the side when we were only trying to jack up the one front wheel.

We made some minor adjustments and I did another test very short test ride. The car with these on the softest setting rides smoother than stock, but is more stable in the corners. When it is set on "5", it feels like a shifter cart. An alignment is in the very near futre. This is what the final stance looks like.




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imo its perfect! +1
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