Hey guys, just finished the fuel pump swap and thought I'd show you how the hatch came out. The car is running a lot better by the way. I was having problems with intermittent starts. It's nice to turn the key and it start right up.

Here's the cut itself, and the rivnuts installed:



And here's the plate installed and painted:



There's a thick gasket under the plate, so the dips in the metal don't really matter.

My question is about F body suspension. My car has about 185k miles, and is starting to get a bit bouncy. What do you guys recommend refreshing to get it riding right again?

 

get some good quality shocks, i recomend koni adjustables if you can afford em, bilsten makes some good ones too. the ride and handling of these cars are dictated by the quality of the shocks, you will not believe the difference it will make. add some sway bars and a shock tower brace while your at it. and check your tie rod ends. ive got some koni's and strano sway bars and love em.

 

When it comes to shock tower braces is there a huge difference between them? There's a couple on ebay for like 40 bucks. Are they a waste?

 

founders? the stb would be ok to use. dont think i would trust the lca's or sway bars.

 

What Craby said, plus a Fays2 Watts Link in the rear, and some welded subframe connectors. Look at the Strano 35/22 hollow sways.

The STB was the 1st suspension mod I did, and yes it made a difference. I would go with UMI -- quality company, the owner is self-made -- I've met him...

 

Do you guys know of a good place to buy these things? I've had some trouble with random websites before. My otvc wires took a month and a half to get here.

 

^ Check out http://stranoparts.com and RPMSpeed.com - Domestic Performance Specialists

 

His prices are a lot better than some others I was looking at. (Strano's)

If I was to buy the Billstein set, what else do you think I would need (or should go ahead and get) to complete the install?

First time messing with the suspension.

 

strut spring compressor. if you order from strano call him. great guy, tell him what you have, what you want and he can set you up. one of the best suspension guys in the country.

 

We have a spring compressor here.
I'd want to have the money before I called him.
Is it normal to have to replace the bump stops ect?