There's only two reasons why any of you should do this install......
1) You just absolutely love working on your Cobra, no matter what the job,
and/or
2) You're so broke you can't afford to pay someone to do it for you.......
It's really not that bad, but time consuming and when you're done you're thinking: "Why did I just go to all that trouble for a modification with a very small performance improvement value???" But, when in conjunction with other rear suspension mods, it can assist in combating wheel hop so I decided to do it. And heck, they're only $50 and are on Postban's famous "Red Pill" list....... :rolling:
Anyway, took 4.5 hours to prepare the car, drill out old bushings, and install new ones, and another 2.5 hours to line up and re-attach the IRS and get the car back on the ground. I could probably do the whole thing in two less hours if I did it again........but isn't this always true when doing a mod for the first time????
Getting the old bushings out is not as hard as a lot of folks say and you can do it effectively by either totally drilling them out or using MM's special tool. (Thanks to Jason (TV) for letting me use his removal tool......). I tried it both ways and takes about the same time.
My biggest problem was getting the IRS back up in the car.......Can be a real bear getting it to line up to get the IRS bolts through the bushing sleeves. The trick here is to re-install the FRONT two IRS attachments first and then the REAR. Of course, I did it the other way around first and couldn't get the front in........ Ohhhhh, that cost me about 1.5 hours......
And, this is not one of those jobs where having a lift makes all the difference. A lot of the fellas prefer doing it on jackstands and 99% of the work is done from the side of the car, not under it. But, if a lift is available, I wouldn't turn it down either......
1) You just absolutely love working on your Cobra, no matter what the job,
and/or
2) You're so broke you can't afford to pay someone to do it for you.......
It's really not that bad, but time consuming and when you're done you're thinking: "Why did I just go to all that trouble for a modification with a very small performance improvement value???" But, when in conjunction with other rear suspension mods, it can assist in combating wheel hop so I decided to do it. And heck, they're only $50 and are on Postban's famous "Red Pill" list....... :rolling:
Anyway, took 4.5 hours to prepare the car, drill out old bushings, and install new ones, and another 2.5 hours to line up and re-attach the IRS and get the car back on the ground. I could probably do the whole thing in two less hours if I did it again........but isn't this always true when doing a mod for the first time????
Getting the old bushings out is not as hard as a lot of folks say and you can do it effectively by either totally drilling them out or using MM's special tool. (Thanks to Jason (TV) for letting me use his removal tool......). I tried it both ways and takes about the same time.
My biggest problem was getting the IRS back up in the car.......Can be a real bear getting it to line up to get the IRS bolts through the bushing sleeves. The trick here is to re-install the FRONT two IRS attachments first and then the REAR. Of course, I did it the other way around first and couldn't get the front in........ Ohhhhh, that cost me about 1.5 hours......
And, this is not one of those jobs where having a lift makes all the difference. A lot of the fellas prefer doing it on jackstands and 99% of the work is done from the side of the car, not under it. But, if a lift is available, I wouldn't turn it down either......
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