Story time...
A bunch of years ago I went to mustang week myrtle beach. The girlfriend ( now wife ) had a business function in Greenville, NC for a couple days. We stayed there first for a couple days before heading to SC. While there I was bored out of my mind. My 89 convertible was looking all purdy with its fresh svo blue pearl paint job.
However, the worn old Strange struts were shot. Felt every little bump on the road. The IRS springs were way too soft and caused the car to bottom out in the rear...and the tire brands didn't match front to rear.
One hot summer day I rollz up to O'Reilly's and bought jack stands, struts, shocks, and spring spacers. The guy came out of the store and saw me on the side with my car on the 4 jack stands wonderin' what the hell I was doin'. We talked a bit and I told him I'd only be about an hour. He told me if I was done in an hour he'd let me get a refund on the jack stands....
Needless to say, I got it done with a few minutes to spare. He refunded the money for the stands. I drove over to a tire shop and bought 4 tires and got an alignment.
I remember telling the guys not to use my ebrake...but they did anyways. Man was that tech scared when the back wheels were locked up. Lol. I didn't have return springs on the rear calipers. To release them you had to stick a screw driver back there and pry the e brake cam. Almost scared them into giving me the alignment for free...but they were all way too cool for that.
This UPR bump steer kit came from the first trip to MW Myrtle Beach....
where I met Mike with his red throwback mustang coupe. Me and Carmicheal Angelo talked for at least an hour or so that day. ( he don't remember none of it...that old coot. Lol )
These struts carried me through a lot of pot holes....blizzards....trips to the track....even took a ride over a curb with Dusty. I'll miss these old cheap struts. It was great but sometimes ya jus' have to move on.
If you notice the new bump steer ends are on the old bump steer kit. That's because the UPR kit end is way longer allowing for more adjustment. The threads on the outer heims joint are also reverse thread which simplified adjustment. With the new kit I have to turn the inner tie rod to adjust. With the old UPR all you had to do was loosen the nuts and turn the blue aluminum body. Not a big deal.
Car is back down on the ground and everything is installed.
I installed the OEspectrum Monro struts. I want to do coil overs and adjustable struts but the budget wouldn't allow it yet. Kinda caught me off guard when I went to tuck the passenger side. No way I could leave it the way it was.
There's no more play in the struts or bump steer kit....I'm happy.
I found these and will be installing to keep dirt out of the heims joints. Should help them live a little longer.