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I have an 07 Nismo that i had installed the ready lift 2.5 in spacer up front and 1.5" shackle lift in the back. The kit came with camber bolts but the original bolts in the lower control arms were seized solid. I soaked the bolts weekly for about 4 months, i tried everything to get them out including a 12X air hammer, sledge hammers, C clamps, you name it, i was just doing more harm than good trying to get those bolts out of there. So i bit the bullet so to speak and got the reciprocating saw out. There's no way to cut just the bolts without cutting the bushing they go through and the heat created while cutting damaged the bond between the rubber and the metal bushing so the lower control arms were now toast! Also while i was taking everything apart, one of the drivers side brake pads was found to be broken in half and worn down severely for only having been there 16000 km, and when i went to the passenger side, one pad broke while being removed while the other had a huge crack all the way through. Needless to say, my calipers were pooched and overheating the pads and not floating properly despite constant lubing of the floating pins during routine maintenance. So... I now had to buy 2LCA's, front pads and 2 new calipers and had the rotors turned for a total of $1100 so far. I have an appointment for an alignment tomorrow and to get my new 285/75/16 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs put on.
All this for 4 @#$% bolts! I'm kinda glad i found the problem with the brakes though so it can be fixed but it pisses me off that i'm on my 3rd set of pads up front with only 68,000km on the truck.
That's my rant! :censor:
All this for 4 @#$% bolts! I'm kinda glad i found the problem with the brakes though so it can be fixed but it pisses me off that i'm on my 3rd set of pads up front with only 68,000km on the truck.
That's my rant! :censor: