I'm about to revamp my FD's suspension and I was wondering firstly and stupidly how many sets of toe links I need. My car is across the country and im not sure if its 2 4 or 8... Secondly I was wondering if, for a hard-driven, daily driver if the aftermarket links and arms would be a worthwhile investment since theyre only like $500 all told. And finally, what are the hardest set of streetable springs you recommend. I dont mind a rough ride at all. Or so I will claim.

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You need one pair of toe links (2 toe links total) and one pair of trailing links (2 trailing links total) for the whole car.

The bare rod ends on some aftermarket toe links wear out faster than the stock bushings, but rotaryextreme.com offers some rod end protection for their links. I haven't tested them, but I would give them a shot instead of getting ones with bare rod ends. Or I would keep the stock toe links for their relative bushing durability.

I assume the trailing link rod ends would wear out at least as fast as the toe links, so I would consider the rotaryextreme links with covers for those, too. Or stay stock. Someone posted about the Mazdaspeed bushings for the stock trailing links recently, and that seems like a good option as well.

-Max

 

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IMO there is no reason to "upgrade" the rear toe links. The aftermarket versions will merely wear out faster. Buy new stock toe link bushings and have them pressed in. You won't even have to realign the car if you don't mix up the left and right sides.

As often as I race my car on R compound tires I can detect no difference between good stock toe links and solid aftermarket toe links.