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I've seen the moog sway bar bushings for the LCA's pretty cheap and was wondering if there worth the money or too buy stock oem ones. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!!
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1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
1991 blue L, 5 speed.
1988 red L-plus-all stock. -
I like the blue Moog's. IIRC they are poly instead of rubber like the OEM replacements. -
A lot of lcas come complete with a ball joint. It seems that on high mile cars the balljoints are in worse shape than the lca bushings and decay first. I'd get a complete assy and buy the moogs for a future install if you plan on keeping the car a while.1993 GL 5 speed
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^^ x2 That's what I did. I replaced the LCA's (come with new ball joints) and the tie rod ends all at the same time. I then bought the Moog's separately to use in place of the rubber bushings that came with the new LCA's.
Big improvement in handling overall.Last edited by Zanzer; 06-13-2011, 12:10 PM.Comment
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^i already had to replace my outer tie rod ends to the escort ones because of my aspire swap. I ordered the complete LCA, outer tie rod and inner tie rod kit it will be here tommorow and the blue bushings were the ones I was wondering about. So I should definantely pull the trigger on them?1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
1991 blue L, 5 speed.
1988 red L-plus-all stock.Comment
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The blue Moog's are a bit tougher to put on sometimes (denser material than the usual rubber), but I think they're a nice upgrade. Just be sure and use them on both sides. I didn't in one instance and the handling got weird. Not necessarily unsafe, just different from side to side.
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Ok thanks guys, their headed this way1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
1991 blue L, 5 speed.
1988 red L-plus-all stock.Comment
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