I a steering rack, inner and outer tie rods, front wheel hubs, and upper ball joints.

Where is the prefered place for this stuff?



Thanks for the help.

I got all my ball joints, etc. from autopartsgiant.com....

They were cheap and I got it fast....

All name brand stuff...Moog, etc.

Yeah I found Advanced to be pricey as well. All I wanted was a set of spark plugs and Sam got them, shipped them, and taxed me on them and it was cheaper then buying them from Advanced without tax. I know it's only a couple bucks but considering how much stuff I buy each year it adds up fast.

What a friggin lousy weekend Phil.
Rained all day Sat, and Sunday wasn't much better, cept' for the weather.

I drove Sam's and there's no comparison to my car. Mine just SUCKS. I got something funky goin' on that causes it to lose grip in left hand turns. BIG TIME.

We really couldn't figure it out.
Also found a bad hub(s) bad steering rack, and I gotta swap rearend housings because of a PHR bracket trying to rip apart. Looks to me, after closer inspection, that it would have taken apart the big spring bracket too.

What a PITA. Used ALOT of a perfectly good set of Kuhmo's too.


I got alot of work to do.

Call me cheap but I got my upper and lower ball joints from AutoZone and my front hubs from Murrays. Seem to work fine to me.

Same here. About 1/2 the price of anywhere else.

As far as the rearend, I would just reweld the bracket back onto the axle unless there has been damage to the housing like chunks removed; at least you cought it before it became a major problem. Are you lossing grip in the front or the back on the left handers? Replace the bad stuff and try again, those things just might be your problem. At least you got to drive Sam's car, it's always nice to have something to compare too.

Yea, I raced in the rain this weekend too. IT does suck. I ran practice runs on Friday when it was dry and the car was awesome, I just can't get it in the rain. I've rarely autocrossed in the rain anyway which is probably part of the problem. But at least I'm not having handling problems!!! I guess I just need more rain practice!!!