So I'm converting my 85 to 11" front brakes this winter. Pretty much stock, except subframe connectors and a 3.55 8.8 with 4 cylinder rear springs to duplicate the 93 Cobra setup with lower MM bars. Already have the 1 1/8" front sway bar. Car has about 63K miles on it.
Since I'm going to have it apart, been trying to figure out what all I should do. I'll need new struts, I've seen people recommending the Blue Tokiyo's. For the calipers, I was going to use the caliper sleeves, Hawk pads and stainless hoses. I was going to the 93 tie rods to save some bump steer. I've not been able to find front lowering springs separately, so I'll probably end up cutting the stock fronts, as the front of the car is about 3/8" to 1/2" higher than the rear. On the A-arms I'll probably put poly bushings in the factory arms. I've seen the replacement lower arms, but then I'd still have to swap out the bushings. The last thing is the caster/camber plates. It'd be easier to install these now, if needed, but really not sure if the extra $200 would benefit.
Any opinions or recommendations on what I'm missing or anything else I should be looking at? I've searched and learned most of this from the site, so hoping that this will keep the front planted, since the rear suspension was improved last winter.
Thanks!
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