Front suspension kit

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  1. gmatthew76

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    I am curious if anyone on the forum has bought one of the front suspension rebuild kits from Martinsville auto parts? If so whats your opinion on quality? They seem to offer a more complete kit for the money than most of the others I've looked at.
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    http://www.martinsvilleautoparts.com/suspension_kits.php
     
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    canuck222 vroom, vroom...

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    Contact em and ask where the parts are sourced from. Moog? TRW? Offshore chineese??? etc...If they are worth their salt they will tell you honestly.
     
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    just wondering is this something somebody can do with only some knowledge about suspension? (not a lot)
     
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    Did yours look anything like this? The sad part is that this is the best side. lol
     

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    canuck222 vroom, vroom...

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    Not quite, I may have some pics of before and after. I know the front end seemed to "float" before the upgrade while driving down the road.
     
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    That price is almost what I came up with if I ordered the parts separately through autozone. Also have the parts were available in poly.
     
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    I used a laurel mountain kit, so far so good...
     
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    They look great to me, wish I had known about a kit, I purchased individual parts from RESTORATION PARTS SOURCE.COM
     
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    Moog parts blow away the cheap stuff in those kits... they have floppy ball joints.. I compared a Ohio Mustang kit and a Laurel Mountain kit with the Moog stuff I painstakenly compiled off Ebay. I am glad I got Moog. Also when I called the places asking about the source, they were vague so that means CHINA to me.. and I'm adamant about not supporting Red China. The kits are tempting and if your front end is toast it''l be a huge improvement... but I'd rather rebuild/box my LCA's and UCA's then use those questionable stampings.
    Just my 2 cents
     
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