Front Suspension Upgrades

[Safety Guy]

I noticed that too. Looked the same to me in the picture.

Karl

[BigElCat]

[QUOTE=alpaccino;557701Rear Ball Joint Dust Boots[/QUOTE]

Err...ya'all lost me on this one. (?)

Use my energy suspension link above...go to universal fit parts...not specific car models.

These same boots fit on the Festiva tie rod ends, too. I'll post pics soon,

[alpaccino]

Err...ya'all lost me on this one. (?)

Use my energy suspension link above...go to universal fit parts...not specific car models.

These same boots fit on the Festiva tie rod ends, too. I'll post pics soon,

Your link is not working, and what i did was to enter the part number you provided, i'm really interested in this and would like to give you two thumbs up for this link, however i don't want to buy the wrong item

[BigElCat]

dust boots on tie rod ends.jpgHere they are on the tie rod ends. Exact same part number 9.5157R. Add a letter to the part number; R for red, or B for black.

http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/ Try this link...go to universal parts.

[festyfreak39]

Why hasn't this thread been stickied yet? mods plz. lots of good part numbers and info here.....

As far as im concerned one of the festy's biggest problems is this: However, i believe BigElCat is closer to a solution.

[festyfreak39]

Retrofitting something like this was my original intent. I have plenty of nissan friends i have to see if i could pull this off:

http://www.meganracing.com/product_detail.asp?prodid=815&catid=26

[festyfreak39]

herooo mods! i have to subscribe to this thread or something, because when i need this information ill forget where to find it.

[BigElCat]

Have any of y'all used these bushing on your front sway bar? They're made for 94-97 Australian Festivas. Apparently the 94-97 Aussie Festivas are the same as Aspires sold in the USA. The bar diameter is listed as 24 mm. My Festiva bar measures 23 mm. I'm thinking they might fit just fine. Any thoughts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191071192786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[zoom zoom]

aspire bars are thicker than festy bars, and auto aspire bars are thicker than manual aspire bars. They should have some for the festy bars too! I think festy sway bars are 7/8".

[bhearts]

yeah for festivas in kansas!

[drddan]

Good to see you here again BigEL! Where have you been?

[Aaronbrook37]

Festivas come with a 22mm bar. Manual Aspires have a 24mm. Automatic Aspires have a 26mm.

[BigElCat]

Good to see you here again BigEL! Where have you been?

Hi Ya, Doctor Dan. It's good to hear from you. I'm still in Paola. I punted my job at the fab shop...which was maybe a huge mistake. Time will tell.

[nitrofarm]

Have any of y'all used these bushing on your front sway bar? They're made for 94-97 Australian Festivas. Apparently the 94-97 Aussie Festivas are the same as Aspires sold in the USA. The bar diameter is listed as 24 mm. My Festiva bar measures 23 mm. I'm thinking they might fit just fine. Any thoughts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191071192786...84.m1423.l2649

[QUOTE=Aaronbrook37;646001]Festivas come with a 22mm bar. Manual Aspires have a 24mm. Automatic Aspires have a 26mm.[/QUOTE

Fellas- There are only two Bar dia's---- Festy & Aspire,thats it period. There is no difference in Dia between ATX & MTX. There is however a small Difference between the two as far as "Bends" are concerened. It appears that the ATX has its bends to better accomadate the Larger trans- Thats it-
Big El I have the AUS Poly Bar to Lower Rad support and the are great. And they dont sqeek like you would think they would.Wish I would have seen the LCA Boot covers a long time ago.Those look awesome gonna order some up today if they are still available.

[BigElCat]

I'm thinking about trying this bushing. I assume it's split just like the energy suspension bushing. I could maybe shave material from the split, then wrap it with rubber tape around the outside. Or maybe it would snug enough in stock form.

Do you guys think the outer shape would fit properly in the Festiva chassis? I mean before I hacked into it?