Maverick front suspension changes

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  1. Garage480

    Garage480 New Member

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    Hello folks,
    I posted a thread on the foreign Maverick section, but I think here would be the most suitable place to ask the full question. I'm looking for a front suspension kit for a Brazilian Maverick at Kanter auto. It seems they can't find the correct equivalent since the US model had quite a few changes on the A-arm bushing dimensions and two different ball joints (3 or 4 bolts) on the upper arm during the production years. Does anyone know what changes were those? What should I look for in order to find the matches for the Brazilian version suspension? Also, would the Mustang bushings and ball joints fit? :huh:
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    W. Tavares
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    The Maverick uses the 3 bolt ball joint. 70-72 Mustang should be the same. You can go to PST websight & they have packages for the Maverick. Personelly, I dont recomend the polygraphite but they sell standard packages too.

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    Hello Mavaholic,
    nice rides you got! Are there any pictures posted ? Thanks for the info ! That was great! I contacted PST and got the suspension kit (with 11/16 sway bar bushings). As you suggested, I got the rubber thing. Service there was awesome, much different than Kanter's. By the way, Kanter sucks: long time on the phone for a lousy service and never got a single e-mail reply there !!!!
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    No problem. My car is kinda plastered all over this websight but there is no one place that has a bunch of pictures of it. Guess I need to create a gallery.
     

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