Order for installing suspension parts

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s15nc
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I really dont know that much about suspensions but I have accumulated or will be reciving shortly a couple of parts I am planning on installing. I have:K-sport Coilovers (coming shortly...hopefully) S15 LSD w/Output shaftsNismo Power braceEnergy Suspension polyurithane hyperflex bushings kit

I also have ST sway bars already installed

I am wondering if there is any order I should get these installed in or if it will matter. I don't have a press and figure that I will have to pay for an alignment after I get the coilovers installed so I was thinking about having a friend who works at a shop do all of the installes at the same time except the LSD. He will give me a good price compared to paying shop prices. I was wondering if this would cause any problems with the urithan bushings? The reason I want to have him install the power brace is because it says in the instuction manual explicitly not to do it on jack stands because the frame needs to be strait when installing it.

These are the bushing that the hyperflex kit comes with:Front End Control Arm Bushing Set Front Strut Rod Bushing Set Front Sway Bar Frame Bushings - 27mm Rear Sway Bar Frame Bushings - 16mm Tie Rod Boots

Does anyone have experiance with this kit? Am I correct that the only bushings in the rear end are the sway bar?


Soulja
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Well, those bushings are mostly useless to you. Your sway bars should have come with poly bushings, and the bars are a different size than stock anyway. If your coilovers have pillowball mounts, your not going to use the strut rod bushings. The only thing you would use are the control arm bushings, and by the way its described, I can't be sure if its LCA bushings, or t/c rod bushings. The tie rod boots are pretty much useless, unless your rubber ones are cracked and not holding grease anymore. You would be better off returning the whole set and getting a set of t/c rods (I like the dgtrials ones) or a set of tie rods, like tien.

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when it came down to doing some bushings for me, i removed the parts, took them to my friend's shop, and he pressed them in. I had to pay a fee to his boss just so we didn't get yelled at, but it was like 10 bucks. Most places if you took the parts to, will probably charge you for normal hourly rates, and as long as you're not swapping every last bushing, i don't see it costing too much.


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