Hello,

Long time reader/first poster.

I'm finally getting my first car ('82 GT) out of storage to return to its former glory.

I have been reading many forums on what to do with the rear suspension and am a little stumped since it sounds like the stock lower control arm bushings are hard to come by.

What I've learned so far:

OEM rubber bushings (still available) should be used for the stock UCAs.
The lower stock bushings are very hard to find.

Forums recommending updating to new tubular LCAs with poly bushings, but my concern is:
My car has no quad shocks to help alleviate wheel hop...it has the slapper bars. If I replace with new LCAs, they won't have the OEM contact pad for the slappers to slap.

So...Do I ditch the slappers altogether and hope my car doesn't hop to death with new LCAs? Or, are the stock bushings or a polyurethane bushing that would fit available somewhere for the LCAs?

Any help is greatly appreciated!