Car is an 05 sedan auto RWD with 60k miles, got it in July. Plan to keep it until 160k, if not longer, so probably 5 years assuming nothing major breaks. So I'd like to get 100k miles out of it. It's a DD and I need it to be reliable, I do about 20k miles a year. Mechanically the car looks to be in great shape.

However, I'm getting creaking/squeezing/clunking from the front end at low speeds, slow turns, and bumpy roads. It's annoying and I'd like to fix it.

My plan is to get a second set of wheels, keep the stock 17s for winter, new 19s for summer. Possibly also a BBK for the front. If I need to replace things I like to upgrade when possible but I want to make sure the upgrades work with different size wheels/BBK and whatever else. I've been looking at coilovers to drop it a bit (for the summer) and improve the handling, and it seems like I'll also need a camber kit. I'm not seeing complete kits for a total front suspension upgrade though. I figured I'd be able to easily find a kit with the coilovers, camber kit, bushing etc, all in one shot (I'm looking at HKS and Bilstein coilovers).

So my question is are there complete kits with the coilovers, camber arms, etc I can buy from a particular manufacturer or vendor? I don't need the best of the best, but I want better than the low $ budget stuff. Im trying to avoid having to order every part individually. Is there anything else I should upgrade at the same time? Particular swaybar or anything?

Looking for a kit like the image below but with better aftermarket parts, and coilovers, swaybar, etc.


Thanks

 

If you want a performance upgrade then your best bet is to order a poly bushing kit for the front, then buy a set of compression arms for the non-replaceable lower ball joint, wheel bearings, inner/outer tie rod ends, sway bar end links, and the FUCA ball joint. If you plan to lower your vehicle buy a FUCA that is adjustable.

I'm not aware of any complete kits.

Don't forget struts if you want to do everything.

 

Oh yeah. Lost 180 made a post about ihow to do the whole suspension swap. Good idea op,

 

You lost $180-on what? You have a post about doing the whole suspension upgrade? Have a link to it?

Thanks

 

lost180 is a member here who did a writeup on everything needed to do a full suspension refresh: look it up, it was real helpful for me.

If you replace all your front end bushings with polyurethane and replace every ball joint you'll get to 160k without any more front suspension issues. If you replace your control arms and compression rod bushings with stock style rubber parts you'll probably have issues again in the future with the bushings breaking. Do it once, do it right.

 

Oh, lol, ok I'll look up the thread. I totally agree with do it once, do it right. The whole reason for my post. I just want to incorporate coilovers so I can lower it a bit in the spring/summer and raise it back up for the snow/winter. Definitely going to do the poly bushings where I can--I guess it will depend on the control arms and what they use for bushings.

 

If you're raising/lowering the suspension you're definitely going to need adjustable front upper control arms. They usually come with poly bushing.

 

nice! with regular maintenance, our cars will easily hit 160k (hell, i'm already there).
No complete kits are sold as far as I know, but it's probably better that you purchase products each manufacturer specializes in making instead of an all-in-one type of deal.
HKS and Bilstein both produce very high quality products, so you're definitely looking in the right direction for suspension. I'll recommend PSS10's for street/occasional track use or Hipermax IV SP if you're more track focused.
seems like you've done your research, Energy suspension has a kit for all our front end bushings. Replacing everything with poly will significantly improve the road feel of our cars. make sure they get plenty of grease because poly bushings will creak if they're dry.
as for alignment components, you'll likely want to have the standard pieces: adjustable front upper control arm, SPC cam bolt for the toe adjustment and SPC rear camber arm to bring it back to OE spec. (I'm assuming you're not planning to run an aggressive alignment). This will be enough parts for you to get your alignment back to OE specs, or go crazy if you want later down the road without needing to buy new parts.
sway bars: I personally have the hotchkis anti-roll kit that's $333 on tirerack. Works very well, made a huge difference in my cornering speeds and also steering response while on track. be careful with this one, too stiff and that rear end will come around really easily mid-corner.
last but not least.... have a nice sticky set of summer tires to make use of the new suspension components! No point having parts to help you turn fast, if your tires dont grip.