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Hey Saxen, good to see you're starting on your build.

So for the fronts, you'll adjust the end caps to set your "range" roughly. Because I had the rubber bushings, I had to "index" them when setting, but you've got PB bushings up front, so you'll assemble it all so that the strut is attached to the control/A arms to hold them in place. What I'd do next is assemble the front end with the wheels hanging, then put wood blocks under the tires and lower the front so that the wheels are four or so inches from the fender, and put the jack stands back under the car. Then, I'd put the torsion bars in and slide the end caps on so that they're in the middle of the range, and equal left to right. Install the adjustment bolts. You're going to eventually put the car back on its tires, and measure the ride height to see if she sits where you want, within the adjustable range. You may need to raise the front, and adjust the end cap if you find that you're out of your range before getting to the height you want.

For the rears, if you have the initial springplate angle from your previous setup, you'll want to reattach the trailing arm, shocks and springplate (with the old toe/camber settings) and using a floor jack, bring the springplate angle back to your previous hanging angle, and insert your T bars with the spring plates in the middle.

This is essentially what I did, and it worked out pretty well for me, although I had to reindex my right rear to get in into the range I wanted.
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