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Originally posted by Kroggers
Again, thank you Jerry. My main concern is the growing cost on this project, so I will leave the breaks to another time - for now I just want to sort out my current problems - one project at the time 
Apart from that, can you see anything on my list which is overkill or missing??? I know that a lot of the Elephant Racing stuff is very good, but is it to much for a road only car? Should I just replace with OEM stuff??
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OEM bushings come with complete A-Arms in the front. It is actually cheaper to use the elephant racing products. OEM a-arms which come with the bushings are $300 to $400 each.
You may need the ER control arm mounts, too, depending if you tub is 100% straight. My tub has never been hit, but still needed the mounts to make the Elephant Racing a-arm installation proper.
This is a lot of work and money, but you should only have to do it once in 10 - 20 years, maybe less. AND you'll love it. I'd advise if you think you may want to upgrade Torsion Bars, do it now. Here's the problem, if you don't and decide to change later, you'll have to pay the $$$ for a proper alignment and corner balance TWO times. I made a lot of suspension modifications, which I'm glad I did, and was expensive. The corner balance, alignment and bump steer (bumpsteer because I lowered my car about 1.5" to 2") cost $800. Not cheap if you are going to do it twice.
Once you do these mods, you'll have to have it aligned and will want a corner balance, too, and possibly to have it bump-steered - depending upon how low you go.
Full boat for me was:
· Front – lengthened a-arms (+15mm), raised (30mm), gusseted spindles on Bilstein struts, Tarett, annodized adjustable sway bar, 21mm Torsion Bars, Tarett offset monoball camber plates, Tarett polished AL strut tower brace. Elephant racing control arm poly-bronze bushings and ER control arm mounts.
· Rear – ER torsion bar polybronze bushings, ER, monoballs, 30mm Torsion Bars, custom valved Bilstein shocks, Tarett adjustable sway bar
Figure out what you want to accomplish, plan and budget accordingly, that's the best advice I may offer.
Doug