[Black_FiFTY]

So i took my car into the shop yesterday to have a bunch of suspension parts installed.

1. Eibach 1" lowering springs Pro-Kit
2. BMR rear upper/ Lower trailing arms
3. BMR upper controller arms
4. Front/rear FE4 sway bars fromt eh 1LE

The whole time I thought my camaro had MRC installed. Mainly because that's what the sales rep told me. I looked at the sticker and it says performance suspension. It wasn't in the options section so I should of realized it but I'm an idiot. I also should of realized that because there wasn't a drive mode selector for suspension that it wasn't installed. I honestly just thought it was a glitch in the options section. I have seen the drive mode selector disappear completely before. Anyway, I took it to a Corvette shop because I knew they would have experience with MRC and was told today that I DO NOT! Boy did I feel stupid

So after I was told this news I started thinking and I didn't purchase the end links for the upgraded sway bars because I was told that you don't need to upgrade those if you have MRC. So now I need to purchase them but have no idea what the part number is. Thatgmpartsguy only seems to sell it as a package with the sway bars and not individually http://www.thatgmpartsguy.com/auto-p...omponents-scat

I don't trust these stock end links to hold up due to the stress of lowering the car and the weight of the FE4 sway bars compared to the stock ones.

[Black_FiFTY]

I have decided to go BMR for these end links since I can't find the exact part number for the upgraded end links from GM. My car is in the shop at the moment so my plan is to have them finish up installing everything and just use the standard end links that I have on the car now. Hopefully they will get me to next week when I have to take it in for an alignment. I will just have to be careful and hope that they don't blow out on me.

[rotis]

It's not endlinks that are included in the SC1 kit, it is a lower front control arm with a spherical bearing instead of the bushing.

The stock endlinks are fine. If you want better steering response, get the LCAs.

To be clear, this is the SC1 kit which includes the FE4 bars and the LCAs- http://www.thatgmpartsguy.com/suspen...r-kit-84242386

[LSmith353]

The control links on MRC suspended cars are NOT the same as the 1LE's FE4 parts so it doesn't matter if you have MRC or not. The post below is from an earlier thread about LCA's/Control Links. I bought the links shown in this diagram and installed them on my car which does have MRC. The area where the bushing is located is completely different between the two. The actual arm itself is the same. The part numbers are 23317367 and 23317368.

Here is the link to the original thread http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=486598

Originally Posted by ThatGMPartsGuy.com

Hopefully this clears up some confusion, the FE4 suspension (ZL1 & 1LE) use specific FE4 Control Arms or Steering links, how ever you want to call them. To answer your question, the rear FE4 arms are included in the kit however the front one's are not. I haven't heard from anyone looking for the fronts and I really don't have a comparison from the SS FE3 and FE4

[rotis]

Yes, #25 is the one you really want. It has a spherical bearing inboard.

#26 has a hydraulic bushing just like the standard part, only marginally stiffer and not really performance impacting.

[Black_FiFTY]

Interesting, thank you for this. I guess I will have to purchase those. I already purchased the end links from BMR because I read this http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...sway+bar+links

So I want the front ones since those are the ones included in the kit. Was sort of confused by the attached screenshot cause it says the rear are included. But as the package states the front ones are included. So I want #25 & #26 for sure? Do I have to drop the entire front suspension to install?

[LSmith353]

There is a front and rear control link in the front suspension. So #26 is the front link and #25 is the rear link (of the front suspension). These are relatively easy to swap out. When you remove the plastic and aluminum skid plates (about 50 screws), the links are very accessible.

(I'm sure there is a more technical description than "skid plate" but I'm an old dirt bike guy....)

[Black_FiFTY]

Sweet, yeah I have to take off my front bumper anyway so I believe the skid plate (the plastic one) comes off with that.