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ALright next meet I'm gonna bring em so we can get pics of em up on the board as a warning to others.

The front bushings on both sides were ripped!

PA3LSVT - Yep I have the horizontal style...the way the car pulls feels so different now, you actually feel connected to the front wheels! Theres still the usual little bit of wiggle when tapping the gas but tip in is much easier than before and on downshifting its amazingly better. Theres still a tiny clunk if I really hit the gas hard and quick but I can assume its normal because I REALLY have to nail it to do it. Chirping the wheels into second is a snap I can do it barely trying now and overall acceleration and drivability is improved greatly.

As for installation, you WILL need a friend(or two)if you do it the way I did by keeping the axles in.

Heres what I did.(Per side)
1. Front Wheels off(duh!)

2. Remove torx screw and nut from balljoint and pry off.

3. Remove the rear roll resistor through bolt.
(Keep the engine supported with a jack!)
4. Remove the Left/Right front subframe bolt and Rear left/right subframe bolt(I did one side at a time reinstalling the 2 bolts before moving to the next side)

5. Zip off the 4 nuts on the arms Two are 19mm nuts and youll need a 16mm wrench to hold the bolts while you zip them off. The other two are I believe 15mm bolts and a 12 mm wrench.

6. NOW THE HARD PART. Removing some of these bolts takes a lot of muscle. Pry the subframe down with a large prybar while someone else taps the bolts out through the topm, 2 or 3 will hit the transmission and driveaxle without prying down on the frame so theres our reason for the prybar and removing the frame bolts. The drivers side bolts will all come out fine. However the passenger side driveaxle is directly in the way of one bolt on the arm.(Pry down on the frame and maneuver the bolt as far out as you can until it clears the bushing mount and you can slide the arm out)

7.The longest part(for me anyway) was lining up the arm so that the bolts come down through the bushing mounts correctly. Get a friend to prydown on the frame while you tap the arm into place so the bolts will fall through. Then just tighten em up, push in the ball joint. Tighten everything up(self explanatory) and don't forget to retorque your frame bolts!

Like I said this how you do it WITHOUT removing the axles which I think requires a special tool.

All the grunting and cussing was so worth it though I'm very happy with my SVT(finally)!