QA1 UCA and LCA Upgraded

[Titan1969]

Thanks to many posts on forebodiesonly.com I went with the QA1 UCA and LCA upgrades. Everything went well, no issues and QA1 product is top notch and fit perfectly.

The 50+ year old LCA was very poor condition, UCA had newer ball joints so not as bad however I wanted a matched set for the control arms so went ahead and installed the UCA also.

Once completed and I set the car back down off the jacks, it sat 2.5" higher (and I did count the torsion bar rotations). So I had to drop the stance quite a bit to get back to factory.

 

[Xcudame]

Mopars can be made to handle extremely well!

 

[Titan1969]

Mopars can be made to handle extremely well!

wow and WOW, what a positive change in my Cuda front end. I finally went out for a drive since rebuilding the front end and incredible! it rides so firm, not harsh ,and I have a lot of confidence in the front end handling now. No more rattles, no more wandering ( I thought it was from the Polyglass tires), no more nosing cover when I stop or corner.
When I first took the car off the jacks and set in on the ground, I tried to do the usual "jounce" to measure front end height...but could hardly move it up or down. I thought crap did I mess up something. But went a slow drive and everything turned and handled fine, so I slowly ramped up some cornering and WOW, I was shocked how well it handles without much harshness.
I had no issue installing the LCA/UCA, but had a hellava time reconnecting the front sway bar. Its factory 1" and with everything being poly bushed, including the sway bar bushings and end struts/bushings, I spent a hour trying to figure out how to lever the sway bar up enough to get the nuts started on the end links. Laying on the floor was not ideal for dealing this final step.
Ordered 60's style cop rims, poverty caps with 17x 7 front and 17 x 8 rear and Nitto 555 tires, what a machine the Cuda is becoming.