| Installation
- Lower Arms |
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| 1.
The stock control arms are
weak in design. The stamped steel design and large rubber
bushings flex and distort under stress. |
2.
Start by jacking up the car and
placing jack stands under the frame, as well as under
the axle housing. Remove the wheels. |
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| 3.Drop
the sway bar by removing the bolts at the lower control
arms. |
4.
Remove the lower shock bolt.
Note: It's best to work on one side at a time. Swap
out the lower on one side, then move on to the next.
Once the lowers are installed, move on to the uppers. |
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| 5.Place
a jack under lower control arm and axle bracket and
remove the rear control arm bolt. |
6.
Lower the jack slowly, until the
spring is fully extended. |
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| 7.
The spring can now be removed
without any special compressors. |
8.
Remove the front control arm mounting
bolt, and the arms is ready to come out. We had to temporarily
disconnect the muffler from the h-pipe to gain access
to the bolt, which is recessed in the frame. |
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| 9.
Position the new arm at the front
mounting position, and secure the bolt and nut. |
10.
Place the spring and isolators
on the arm. Note that there is up to a 5/8" difference
in ride height, depending on where you "clock"
the end of the spring coil. We set ours at the rear
of the arm for maximum drop. Set both sides the same. |
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| 11.
Jack up the end of the lower control
arm until the bushing lines up with the holes in the
axle bracket. Secure the bolt and nut. |
12.
With the lower arms bolted in place, attach the supplied
sway bar brackets. The bracket come predrilled in several
spots to angle the sway bar in multiple positions, depending
on ground clearance.
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| 13.
Reconnect the sway bar using the
stock bolts and nut-clips. |
14.The
Performance Suspension lowers can be installed directly,
as we did, or with these ICM ("Instant Center Modification")
brackets, also included with the kit. |
 15.The
brackets are bolted or welded to the axle bracket, and
allow for adjusting the "center of gravity height".
As a vehicle accelerates the rear of the car tends to
"squat" on the springs. Changing the geometry
of the rear suspension increases "anti-squat",
resulting in a transfer of torque to the tires, which
otherwise would be absorbed by the springs. |
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