Next Project, Suspension '86 5ks

[Stephen Bigelow]

Find a front sway bar from a turbo...BTDT. I've swapped an entire suspension
set up from a FWD turbo onto my (soon to be departed) S. Made  a *huge*
difference....most of which was the front bar, and newer BOGE shocks.

Steve.


>     Well my next project is to get my sister's 5ks moving well on the
road.
> Right now she has wicked soft suspension, two blown rear shocks and the
> fronts aren't too much better.  I'll be doing the full overhaul, bushings
> included, but I am wondering what I should do about springs.
>
>     She wants the car to deal with Cambridge/Boston potholes and cruddy
> country drives, but would like to see some of that body roll disappear.
Her
> stock springs aren't sagging, the car sits really high.  I am thinking
> Bilsteins and H&R's from Shox.com, though I am also thinking about just
the
> Bilsteins and leaving the stock springs.  Suggestions on how that would
> fair?  Eibach instead of H&R?  Whatever is softer in the spring
department.
>
>     Also any hints when doing the 5000s FWD suspension are appreciated,
any
> tricks?  TIA!
>
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80t
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