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Originally Posted by Hammertime
Thanks for the reply. I have read Proforged seems to be good and the Ames kit says kit assembled mostly Moog Chassis parts so there’s that. This is my first attempt at this and all the rubbers components are shot. The steel suspension parts are rusty but may clean up. Wondering if you can replace the bushings, stops, any of the rubber pieces and reuse the idler, Pittman, and centerlink. Control arms need rebuilding and sandblasting. Advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I am just re-doing this exact project on my 1968 GTO, which was last done about 1990.
Control arms were media blasted and epoxy primed followed by chassis black paint. New control arm bushings from Moog. I cleaned up the spindle real nice and painted cast iron gray. New ball joints came from Proforged, and I bought the 1/2 taller upper ball joints for supposed better control arm geometry. This car is completely restored to factor specs, but I thought I would "cheat" on the ball joints just to see what they were like.
Also, because the car has not had new springs and shocks since 1990, I ordered exact reproduction springs from Coil Spring Specialties in Kansas. I paired these coil springs with Bilstein shocks, which came painted in an ugly yellow color. I painted the Bilstein shocks GM Shock Gray and they look great now and much more subtle than the Bilstein Screaming Yellow.
The best thing about this project is that I am doing it with my 12 and 17 year old sons. They are not "car crazy" quite like me, but they are doing an excellent job of paying attention and helping where needed. I am a super hands-on guy when I work on something (I sort of "take over"), so I have had to be very cognizant to let them get their hands dirty as well.
Hope this helps.