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Originally Posted by cdb95z28
Concerning your ride and handling impressions with the new arms, did you torque the mounting bolts while the car was at ride height?
These type of arms with rubber bushings need to be torqued at ride height so the rubber is at a neutral state. Otherwise they will be in a constant state of bind, creating some of the effects you mentioned in your feedback.
This is known as timing the bushings. And it should be done any time an arm is removed or if there is a ride height change due to lowering springs.
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Probably is always better to torque at ride height. However the service manual doesn't explicitly say anything about torqueing at ride height.
It does say to use a new bolt as it's TTY and install in the opposite direction than the bolt was originally installed to make it easier to remove in the future.