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Alright well, I am finally at that point where spring/strut combo just doesn't cut it anymore. I, much like most of the other people here on NICO have a budget and I would like to do things in the correct order to prevent premature wear and find out what is NECESSARY and what isn't.

My car is driven 95% street daily driving, and I know that I am going to need RUCAs.

So my main questions are:
Am I going to need the whole full blown multilink suspension?
Do people just throw on RUCAs and Coilovers and call it a day?
How bad will my alignment be?
Will it matter much for daily driving? Random drifting?

BTW I already have ES Master Bushing Kit waiting to be installed. I'm just too lazy... and I would like to do it all at once.


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Razi
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If you're going to be on coilovers, you only really need the RUCAs and maybe rear Toe rod.
Everything else is optional.

Also, since your tension rod is what keeps your FLCA from moving under braking, your braking feel could improve if you had new tension rod bushings, or solid adjustable tension rods.

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SilviablhS14
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I just overhauled my suspension and I used BR Racing Coilovers and they are pretty streetable I think. I haven't driven on anything other than stock suspension but I think they are great. I also change all my rods and bushings at the same time too and it fills a 100 times better.

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By the time you are done finishing replacing all those bushings, you're not going to want to do it all at once. It's such a PITA and takes forever to do them all. I did mine over a few days because it was my DD as well. I did a few bushings, put the car back together, drove it to work, then broke it down again on a day off.
You really only need RUCAs if you're going to be low. This is my DD and I have coil-overs, RUCAs, and toe rods. I figured I might as well save the life of my tires and buy toe rods. Definitive get an alignment after you're done installing installation pieces/ Just make sure you're at the right height for you, because if you adjust it, the alignment will go out again, and you've just wasted ~$65.

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Alright, so definitely RUCAs and Toe rods to save my tires. I am actually getting another subframe so I can mess with getting my solid poly subframe bushings in, J30 differential, sway bar, the rest of the ES bushings, Z32 uprights, and coilovers all bolted up. It's gonna be one bada$$ transformation! Thanks guys!


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