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Originally Posted by solidaxel
Well is everything finished up ?
Did you have any surprises with the install?
How much do you have invested in all the parts without the welding fab work.
I am just starting on my tare down of my 78, and I did not budget anything for the front suspension replacement, but everything is staring at me, and it says to REPLACE moving parts!!
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Nope no surprises and here is a quote from my somewhat build thread on what everything cost. I believe this is close, but I have had the front end parts for a few years just waiting on the time to do the work so I might be off a bit on the prices.
Flip kit only in the rear ( djm-$85), with new kyb gr2 shocks.
The front is western chassis 2.5" spindles an one coil cut off the spring. I don't remember what the spindles cost, i bought them in 1998.
All the front wear parts are new, upper/lower ball joints, inner/outer tie rods, pitman, idler energy suspension black bushings (about $40), edelbrock solid tie rod adjusters (5252-$35 iirc), an also kyb gr2 shocks (about $100 for the set f and r)
All the moog stuff will run you about $350-400 depending on where you buy it. Another $75 for the fab work on the lower arms an about $25 worth of paint.
If you want to read more or see pics of it finished just click the link in my sig....
An now that I look at that list again I left out the offset cross shafts for the uppers at $30 or so per side. So thats another $60 or so.
If you have any questions shoot me a PM, it really wasnt all that hard and I did the bushings myself in the garage..