Hardest Upgrade to Install

[huntsg]

I've done a lot on this car, but my vote is for rear upper control arms and new bushings (probably because I did it today ). Took me about 7.5 hours. Never thought it would take me so long. The nut on the forward bolt is a pain in the butt to get a wrench on. My car also has undercoating on it which didn't help with getting a wrench on the bolt heads and nuts. Had to use a drill, air chisel, hammer, and finally a blow torch to get the bushings out. I'm exhausted and still need to set the pinion angle (I'll try to figure that out tomorrow)! Just about got my ass kicked today...

 

[hawkfan]

I used the 'bushing tool' from Gbodyparts to get the bushings out of the rear diff housing. I replaced the uppers with some aftermarket ones so a least I didn't have to worry about pressing out/in new bushings. The bolts on the frame side were hard to get to though. I used a combo of wobble extensions and ratcheting wrenches to get them out and back in. It's not a job I want to do again.