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lower control arm install problem!!

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Old 09-17-2006, 01:57 AM
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I have a 95 GT that is completly stock when i bought it. so i am upgrading the suspension first.
I already have eibach sportlines, new shocks, steeda front and rear swaybar, new urathane endlinks, steeda caster camber plates,steeda bumpsteer kit and X2 balljoints from steeda also i have steeda rack and pinion and steering shaft... now i bought aluminum upper and lower control arms from steeda and full length subframes also a steeda rear adjustable swaybar..my mechanic is installing the lower control arms and he said one of the bolts that holds it in is completly rusted and needs to be cut off...where can i buy all new bolts
(i.e. hardware for the rear end) as you guys can see i am changing everything under the car i want all new stuff. or should i go to a hardware store and buy a bolt the same size as the stock bolt on the car... would this be strong enough to last the test of time....please help me me stang is out of commission.
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Old 09-17-2006, 02:09 AM
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I'd take the bolts to the hardware store and get some grade 8 hardware. They're easily identified by 6 lines radiating from the center of the bolt head.

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Old 09-17-2006, 03:09 AM
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i think i found a hardware set on 50 resto site, but it is made by hp motorsports...and its says that it is for their controls arms... would this work with my steeda lower control arms?? are they universal?
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They should because they will have to go through the mounts on the unibody and through the knuckle for either brand of control arm.
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i think i found a hardware set on 50 resto site, but it is made by hp motorsports...and its says that it is for their controls arms... would this work with my steeda lower control arms?? are they universal?

yes, hpm's are a direct replacement for the stockers. when you do the hpm's you actually use the same bolts. the only ones they give you are for the shock bracket, and rear bracket to control arm.

but the 2 mounting points use the stock bolts.


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