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Old 01-14-2015, 03:31 PM
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Need recommendation for a shop in Chicago suburbs

Just looking to get rear suspension work done, swapping out the Ingalls arms for SPC upper arm. Need a good shop to take care of this. So far, the few shops I called said i need "something special" for that. I don't get why it's so hard to swap out the 3 arms. I suppose I can tackle this myself a weekend during the spring and go get an alignment done.

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Old 01-14-2015, 04:58 PM
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its actually not that hard. You need the fork(rentable from autozone), hammer, and a couple sockets and extensions.
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It's not that hard given that the eccentric bolt for the toe adjustment isn't fused into the arm's metal sleeve. This happened last time. I'm trying to get it done in a few weeks and I just don't like working on a car in the cold... if you know what I mean
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thats a good point, if you have gone through a lot of snow, it may be rusted in. Im just glad here in CA thats not a problem
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Looks like I might just get a Sawzall first to get ready to chop off the eccentric bolts, I already bought replacement bolts. It'll be a project in the spring. I don't get why shops are so afraid to work on a car lowered just 1" on HFP suspension. It's not like I'm lowered 3".

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