Note of thanks following my '83SC suspension project

[garment]

Just wanted to reach out and say thank you to everyone who responded to the numerous threads I started to complete my suspension refresh - you know who you are!

I did all Elephant Racing rubber, a strut brace, torsion bars, ball joints, adjustable spring plates, new axles, new Bilstein struts, and calipers restored to as-new by PMB. I am very happy with the results, the car seems much more planted now and I am a more confident driver as a result.

I kind of have a "trifecta" of improvements at this point which were never done by previous owners - I replaced the trombone cooler with a Carrera cooler and fan last year; motor and tranny mounts the year or so before that, and now the suspension.

For those contemplating such an end-2-end suspension refresh - budget more time than you initially think! And make sure your tool set includes a thread chase kit, it's super important.

If you have any questions about my refresh, please respond here or PM me, I would like to do my part to help folks as others have helped me.

Thanks, Pelicans!

[Ayles]

I started this same project over the weekend. Torsion bars, turbo tie rods, ER rubber bushings, shocks and ball joints. Ill second the time and the thread chase kit. Lots of little things seem to really soak up the hours. I couldnt even start the front bushings/torsion bars as I didnt have the right kind of jack stands with a flat top.

Id get helper as well its heavy work and Im pretty beat up after 2.5 days of bashing. Probably going tontake two more to get it done.