ABCarr
CEG'er
A bit of background:
I've been the proud owner of my early '98 T-Red SVT for 10 years next month. It has now travelled around 161K km, and is greatly in need of some long-delayed maintenance and parts replacement. Fundamentally, I still love this car, and I'm really in no financial position to take on another payment at this time, as we've decided on no more than one car payment at a time (wife's Grand Caravan).
What is of immediate concern is my suspension system. I've been aware for some time that I've needed new struts, probably A-arms, bushings...maybe springs. In short, the front camber is completely out of whack and is chewing up tires at a prodigious rate (I put on half-worn Goodrich KDW's in the late spring, and I'm basically down to the belts on the inner tread now). Here's my dilemma: I need to make a decision in the next day or two as to my course of action, since the car is quite dangerous to drive as it is now, and it serves as a taxi for my 6-year-old son.
Do I:
- get Steeda to install the Koni Sport kit plus A-arms, bushings, etc. as I've been planning for a while (delay in arranging a time with him, plus ordering in the Sport Kit, plus do I trust the car enough to drive it to Michigan)?
- get my local mechanic to do the job (who I trust implicitly with most things on this car, but he might have a real ordeal with the suspension work, plus charge me a lot more than Steeda would)?
- find someone else local to do the work (I think a few here have used some suspension specialty place in Scarborough)?
- think about dumping the SVT, and get some alternate basic transportation (which I would hate to do), or possibly another newer, better-maintained SVT since suspension is just the first of many things I need done (would take time to sell mine and procure another)
I need to do something very soon, as these tires are about to pop and really shouldn't be driven on any longer. Whatever I decide to do, I'm likely faced with renting a car for at least a few days, since I don't have the option of public transit and need to pick up my son from day care.
Any thoughts, folks?
I've been the proud owner of my early '98 T-Red SVT for 10 years next month. It has now travelled around 161K km, and is greatly in need of some long-delayed maintenance and parts replacement. Fundamentally, I still love this car, and I'm really in no financial position to take on another payment at this time, as we've decided on no more than one car payment at a time (wife's Grand Caravan).
What is of immediate concern is my suspension system. I've been aware for some time that I've needed new struts, probably A-arms, bushings...maybe springs. In short, the front camber is completely out of whack and is chewing up tires at a prodigious rate (I put on half-worn Goodrich KDW's in the late spring, and I'm basically down to the belts on the inner tread now). Here's my dilemma: I need to make a decision in the next day or two as to my course of action, since the car is quite dangerous to drive as it is now, and it serves as a taxi for my 6-year-old son.
Do I:
- get Steeda to install the Koni Sport kit plus A-arms, bushings, etc. as I've been planning for a while (delay in arranging a time with him, plus ordering in the Sport Kit, plus do I trust the car enough to drive it to Michigan)?
- get my local mechanic to do the job (who I trust implicitly with most things on this car, but he might have a real ordeal with the suspension work, plus charge me a lot more than Steeda would)?
- find someone else local to do the work (I think a few here have used some suspension specialty place in Scarborough)?
- think about dumping the SVT, and get some alternate basic transportation (which I would hate to do), or possibly another newer, better-maintained SVT since suspension is just the first of many things I need done (would take time to sell mine and procure another)
I need to do something very soon, as these tires are about to pop and really shouldn't be driven on any longer. Whatever I decide to do, I'm likely faced with renting a car for at least a few days, since I don't have the option of public transit and need to pick up my son from day care.
Any thoughts, folks?