What do you mean by the front bushing still being round?

 

is this an offset bushing, if so then it moved the control arm slightly so you might need to stretch the front bushing a bit so the rear holes line up

 

Did you already tighten down the front bushing? If so, loosen it up and pull that arm back. It'll go it just takes some force.

 

This is exactly why factory or poly forward bushings suck with offset compliance bushings, because the bolts are no longer on the same plane so the forward bushing needs to be forced out of alignment to get the bolts in, which creates a **** load of stiction in the arm and makes them a **** to install. Grab a bigger prybar.

 

Yeah. Gotta put the front bolt in first. But leave it loose. Then use a pry bar to move the arm over and get the rear bolt in.

 

Alright I was able to get the control arm installed. I initially had the washers/spacers on the bottom of the rear bushing since I thought it was going to smack the cage where the rear bushing is. When I first tested it I didn't even have the control arm attached to the hub so I can literally make the control arm swing down as much as I want until it smacked the cage it was in. So I put the washers at the top of the rear bushing and for some reason, it was way easier to get the bolt all the way in. I had the front bolt out when doing this and installing the front bolt afterwards was super easy.

I appreciate all the tips/advice every gave!

 

you need to make sure the front bolt itself is lubricated, or else the stiction will turn that lefty-loosey

 

It's slathered in antiseize, should be goochi

 

Also, torque it to a real spec and not "feels good enough".

 

cool. its only until the bushing takes shape.
time to fit 295s

 

You had 295s already, right? So now it's just tweaking the alignment?

 

depends on how high the car is and if that damned seam weld was addressed already. short springs. after that its just taking the heatgun to push out the fender lining. it may have a slight rub at full lock

 

I can’t imagine going past 265/18. Curious on what STU peeps do to fit fatter tires.

 

I am running those as my daily size tires - back in hoosiers in Stock class time, I was running 285s - all without doing any changes anywhere.

From what I have heard, EvoX can go all the way to 295s. Yet, if I got to get there eventually, I might rather use 285s because they are shorter

 

by 0.2" (divided by 2) lol