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<blockquote data-quote="scottydsntknow" data-source="post: 15959991" data-attributes="member: 79824"><p>Hell yes man, best mod I ever did was install an IRS with FTBR stuff. Car handles like its on rails. I did not have to do the subframe bushings as they were already done with poly but everything else in the IRS is FTBR including the cross axis links. I don't see the cross axis links in there and they are almost always bad on these cars at this age so you want to check those too. </p><p></p><p>If you have any questions, LMK. The uppers came out pretty easy, the lowers actually were even easier and I am probably the only person in the world who had that experience, they literally popped out with hardly any effort. No idea. I froze all my bushings before installing them and it was a pain but not terrible, make sure to hit all the inner bores of the control arms with a wire wheel to get the ridge off and clean out anything to make the installation easier. Drilling the zerk fittings is easy with the included bit but MAKE SURE you completely immobilize the upper arms and use a drill press when you do it, drill press is recommended for the lowers too really. The uppers have very little material and you need to make damn sure you are dead center. 100% use cutting oil for the drilling and tapping. For tapping, don't tap all the way through for the angled zerk fittings, only enough to stop the fitting at the angle you want. FTBR has the angles that work well on their site and they are correct, you can get to everything with the IRS in the car. </p><p></p><p>Can't think of anything else except how much it sucked to get the front subframe bolts lined up when re-installing the thing. Oh, make sure you have a torque wrench that can do 250ft lbs. For the halfshaft retaining nuts and also you need to go to 184 on the lowers, this is really important to make sure you torque it correctly. A wrench that works really well to hold the bolts in place while you are torqueing the lowers is a 24mm box wrench which I did not have so order one from Amazon for like $8 if you don't have one. All torque values are on the FTBR site. </p><p></p><p>Can't think of anything else...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scottydsntknow, post: 15959991, member: 79824"] Hell yes man, best mod I ever did was install an IRS with FTBR stuff. Car handles like its on rails. I did not have to do the subframe bushings as they were already done with poly but everything else in the IRS is FTBR including the cross axis links. I don't see the cross axis links in there and they are almost always bad on these cars at this age so you want to check those too. If you have any questions, LMK. The uppers came out pretty easy, the lowers actually were even easier and I am probably the only person in the world who had that experience, they literally popped out with hardly any effort. No idea. I froze all my bushings before installing them and it was a pain but not terrible, make sure to hit all the inner bores of the control arms with a wire wheel to get the ridge off and clean out anything to make the installation easier. Drilling the zerk fittings is easy with the included bit but MAKE SURE you completely immobilize the upper arms and use a drill press when you do it, drill press is recommended for the lowers too really. The uppers have very little material and you need to make damn sure you are dead center. 100% use cutting oil for the drilling and tapping. For tapping, don't tap all the way through for the angled zerk fittings, only enough to stop the fitting at the angle you want. FTBR has the angles that work well on their site and they are correct, you can get to everything with the IRS in the car. Can't think of anything else except how much it sucked to get the front subframe bolts lined up when re-installing the thing. Oh, make sure you have a torque wrench that can do 250ft lbs. For the halfshaft retaining nuts and also you need to go to 184 on the lowers, this is really important to make sure you torque it correctly. A wrench that works really well to hold the bolts in place while you are torqueing the lowers is a 24mm box wrench which I did not have so order one from Amazon for like $8 if you don't have one. All torque values are on the FTBR site. Can't think of anything else... [/QUOTE]
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