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What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

It takes zero effort to rotate, kinda expected but still.

I really wanted to get some of those super heavy-duty balljoints on RA, but right now I'm getting the cheaper mevotech just to get it back together.

I'm not excited about having to drill out rivets...
 


Precisely why I just replaced the entire control arms. You get a new ball joint already installed and the added benefit of new control arm bushings, and a lot less hassle to install.
 
In an effort to move my project forward before winter I installed the new dogbones and BMR STB. Since some of the other parts waiting to go in are blue I shot the BMR bar with some gloss blue plasti-dip to make it match. Rear bar will be the same even though you won't see it, but my OCD won't let me have a blue and red bar, lol.. And yes I'll be painting the underside of the hood to match at some point. Just wasn't in the budget when I had the rest of it painted. The new dogbones tightened the motor back up. I didn't realize how worn out they were until I switched them out. Old ones were just flopping around in the mount. I guess 414K miles is the limit.


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FordMan77 said:
Precisely why I just replaced the entire control arms. You get a new ball joint already installed and the added benefit of new control arm bushings, and a lot less hassle to install.
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I did that already, but the "Police Spec" balljoints barely lasted two years and ~5,000 miles. The rest of the LCA is still just fine, not even a speck of rust on them.
 
The first time I did balljoints I put in the Raybestos advanced tech, they were still good when the stock LCA's had started showing their age and cracked along one of the welds. Plus I needed the tabs for the older style sway bar, so I just decided on the cheap upgrade to the Police Impala LCA's, but I guess the balljoints weren't part of that upgrade...

I'm thinking I'll keep these LCA's until they break, just swap out the front bushing for the Moog problem solver whenever I get a chance, and maybe do poly rear bushing at the same time. There is that new "Terrain Tough" off road mevotech series on RA, might see how good they are. I remember seeing a pic of them on there a while ago, weren't they green or something?
 




Yea, first rainy day of the season and I turned left down the ravine very cocky-like, but when I started sliding I panicked and hit the brakes. The front end slowed down and the back end slid around the side. I turned about 270 degrees counter clockwise while going over an 8 ft fence and a 3ft retaining wall. Me and my passenger walked out without a scratch, not even back pain (it's been 5 days). No airbags deployed and no (mechanical) fluids leaking. Lucky I missed all those trees, very lucky the car didn't flip, and very very lucky I switched to full coverage insurance only 6 weeks ago. Probably totaled though :(
 


Yea! Like I said, OVER an 8 ft fence and a 3ft wall!
The CV popped straight out of the axle. Think I bent the frame too, but waiting to hear from insurance.
 
Scottydoggs said:
dont go using hippokids reasons lol
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Lol, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that.

eeyan- Looks like you got away ok for trying to pull a smokey and the bandit jump in a W-body. Then again who knows what the underside looks like now. It's just a car and glad to hear everyone made it ok. Cars can be easily replaced, people not so much.
 
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