Best next suspension upgrade?

MOPEkidD-3 said

Cool I got the full kit for my car from Hotchkis with the greasable pins too. I think I'm going to replace my idler and pitman arms then put in the adjustable strut rods. When I put the poly bushings in the old shells it was a tight (but not too tight) press-fit but they slid in all the way.

Another question what do you think of the roller bearing idler arm kit that Firm Feel sells?

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That's about how the poly bushings should fit, it should take a light press to install them onto the pins and again into the outer bushing shells. If they just slide in they're too loose.

The stock strut rods really need all of the rubber bushings. The length of the stock strut rods is a "one size fits most" kind of deal, which means they really don't fit most cars all that well. They depend on the extra movement in the original rubber LCA and rubber strut rod bushings to work. If you go all poly bushings the length of the strut rods has to be more precise, because the poly bushings don't have that amount of give, they eliminate the slop. Which is good, but only if you get the length of the strut rods right.

As far as the roller bearing idler support kit, I don't have one so I can't give you a ton of info. Pretty much everything that Firm Feel makes is great stuff, I have no complaints with any of the parts I've ever gotten from them. My feeling on the idler support kit is that it's probably not something that most people would really notice. I'm sure it probably improves the wear and tear on the idler, and should make the whole steering action a little smoother. But it's a detail piece, not a game changer. It will definitely add something, but to me it seems like one of those extras you add after you've already done everything else.