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Old May 15, 2012 | 01:15 AM
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Old May 15, 2012 | 06:12 AM
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@Trewyn - You can remove the poly bushings from the dog bones. You just have to force the center piece out (once you have it out enough to grab it with vice grips or channel locks, WD-40 what you can of the inside of the bushing and twist it as you pull it). I had to remove it once after I seated it.
Also, in case you don't know how to remove the old bushing from the dog bone (as I asked WBS for the "trick" to it to learn it was straight forward), take a razor blade and run it around the outer lip of the old bushing (where it over hangs and makes a flange on the outside of the dog bone). Once that lip is gone, you might have to WD-40 it, but odds are you can push it out by hand.
 
Old May 31, 2012 | 04:32 PM
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How do you like those STBs? They seem like a great deal. Do they come with everything you need to install them?
 
Old May 31, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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ZZP STBs do need to have the mounting holes honed out (or ob-longed) to mount on the Monte (not sure about other W-Body cars), so I spent some time with my Dremel and a metal cutting bit, but that worked.
You don't need anything to mount them up, they use the factory nuts from the struts to hold them down. A simple bolt on.

And so far, I have been very happy with those and all the other mods I have added to the Monte this year. The wheels feel like they all track really well and the car is far more sturdy with the front and rear STBs.

ZZP seems to place these babies on an AWESOME sale on Black Friday.
 
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