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LONG: Viggen Rescue Kit / Suspension Mods
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Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:33:01 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Re: Have you look at genuinesaab?, Bradley Baumann, Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:47:05
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Get that.

Skip the subframe brace. Many have learned the hard way. These things eat ground clearance and when they get bent, it distorts the subframe. If you get lowering springs, it olny gets worse. Many have cracked oil pans to. And when you have good tires and brakes, during hard braking, weight transfer lowers the front end, then you hit the pot hole or whatever. So you don't want the SFB amd therefore you don't want the complete VRK anyways. The VRK does not contain front sway bar bushings at all and the lateral control arm bushing is not in the VRK, and that is a very important bushing.

Get the full urethane bush kit from KCSAAB. There is a overlap with some of the kit from genuinesaab.com, so know what you are doing with that.

Yes, get the SAS. The adjustable Konis are great. You can install the steering rack clamp and brace yourself. But the control arm work is rather heavy duty DIY work. The labor will be expoansive. Nothing requires an alignement after the work except the control arm bushings. After that the toe-in will need to be adusted. The toe-in static settings are not the same as the running toe-in. In stock trim much of the toe-in static angle is lost in the deflection of the rubber bits. With the upgrads, you will need a smaller setting as things are more rigid. That was the point was it not? If you don't do this, things can be badly behaved in snow and rain.

None of the changes will create any ride harshess. You have not changed any vertical path components. Speaking of that, renew the front upper strut mounts with KYB units. Clean and repac the OEM bearings if they are in good shape. The KYB bearings do not seem to be trouble free.

All of this will be quite expensive. Start with the SAS as it is quick and easy. Search the NG900 BB for drs<underscore>install and find the posts for intallings Koni's front and back, plus SAS.

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