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Also did front swaybar bushings, upper and lower control arms, steering damper, ball joints
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Did front shocks too
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Had a lower ball joint stem/pin brake off in the arm PITA!!!!! Had to pull the hole arm and bring it to a buddies shop to drill it out!
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Did front shocks too
Did you use Bilstein shocks? sports or HD?
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You replaced the control arms?
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Upper new, lower replaced the bushings
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What pad #'s did you use?

I change mine recently to euros and #1 pads all corner.

Does anyone have the Euro alignment specs for reference when taking it to the alignment shop?
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Kept the stock pads for now might change them out later, not looking to go to low!
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Where did you get your spring compressor and what brand is it? The one I have is puny and used on Hondas but ima need a heavy duty one now
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You need the special Benz one, I borrowed mine from my old shop! They have them on eBay
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