70 Duster Front End Rebuild Help

gtgto said

I ended up buying the torsion bar remover tool from Mancini Racing. It worked well and I was able to get out both Lower Control Arms today. All of the bushings were shot and in pieces in both the LCA's and UCA's. Can't wait to see how much better the car is when its finally back together. I will be taking my time though since I would like to clean up the parts good and put a fresh coat of paint on them which leads me to my next question. What color should be used for the upper and lower control arms and where do they sell the paint? I'm hoping I can buy the paint locally and not have to order it.

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Made some more progress this past weekend. I installed a new Idler Arm and got my strut rods out along with my torsion bars. Cleaned them up and gave them a fresh coat of paint. I did hit a snag when trying to install the new strut rod bushings which are a 2 piece design. I lost the handle on the side in the K Member and it rolled somewhere in there and I cannot fish it out. Oh well I will have to make another purchase if I can't find or pull it out. I'm waiting on paint for my lower Control Arms and once I get that I will be reassembling it all....I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel since I think the hard part is out of the way....I hope anyways.