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(pic unrelated lol)

I’m about to do a complete suspension overhaul and I wanted to make sure there aren’t some obvious parts I should swap out or restore “while I’m in there”.

I have a full spoon bushing kit to toss in as well as diff and trans mounts (alr did engine mounts). My studs were also fucked so I got Karcepts rear hubs, some regular front hubs, and ARP studs as well. I want to run 255 square so I also got J’s racing upper ball joints. Finally my tie rod ends were rusted to hell so I got some J’s racing pillow tie rods ends as well.

My control arms are fine so I didn’t feel like I need to get new ones. Id like to know if there’s anything not too expensive that’s worth replacing as well. Thanks!

Funny story about these wheels, I bought this car on BringATrailer.com where the owner claimed in the comments they were replicas. Given the condition I fully believed him. I also thought they looked fucking ugly and completely the wrong size (poking in the rear, tucked in the front)... so I had actually bought some used OEM AP2V2s before the car even arrived.

So the car arrives, I pull the wheels off, and behind the wheel is a real Enkei stamp! I was planning on saving up for new wheels, but I decided not to waste the real RPF-1s. I got them powder coated silver and waited eagerly for coilovers.

So this is how she sits now. Turns out, I love the staggered look. It just needed a bit of camber in the rear which naturally came from lowering the car. I think it's crazy how the same wheels can look so different on a car!