A few updates coming. Here’s what I have planned in the not too distant future.
-Upper control arm bushings. I’m taking the plunge and will be swapping them to poly bushings. I went with the harder option for less deflection.
I’ve been running an experiment with one poly bushing for a few years now just to see if I could keep them from squeaking (they always do!) and I’ve had good success using Krytox lubricant. So we’re going to try it and see how they do. I currently have a small tear on one of the driver’s side bushings with the passenger’s side having one fairly new bushing and then the poly bushing. The car always seemed to turn better to the left, maybe that’s why. Could just be because I’m an American. The new poly bushings have a lifetime warranty.
-I’ll also be changing out the front pads and going with the Pagid RSC1 brake pads. Pagid offers three different “RSC” pads for different uses and the RSC1 is more gentle on CCB rotors than the OEM pads apparently, with slightly less initial bite and more modulation potential than the OEM pads.
I’ll have a writeup and video on both. I have a few other items in the works but these are the two most pressing.