The springs themselves were supposed to be QA1 400 lb springs. They measure as large as 1.12' on the big ends. As you can see, they are extremely tapered. I decided to try the solids.ītw, these are the small ends of 2 different bushings. Oh and converting to stock style poly bushings would require LOTS of measuring and drilling on the subframe to make sure they were centered.

Let the pictures show you how precision cut they are. They were supposed to be 'precision cut on a lathe'. The body bushings they sent me were solid aluminum. (Sure, I'll just spend $100 more, no big deal). After a phone call with Checkered Racing, they didn't have them in stock and were drop shipping them, but I would need to buy a spring compressor to install the springs on them.

He delivered it, and I noticed that I didn't have any shocks. A friend of mine was going to be in their area of offered to pick it up for me. So I spend $2500 or so, and bought a subframe, control arms, shocks and springs, spindles, disk brakes, rack and pinion, and crossmember. I started researching and found hundreds of people with their subframes or 4-link kits that seemed to love them. Only an hour or so drive from me, and made what appeared to be quality, heavy duty products at an affordable price. Not having $4500+ to dish out for a TCI or similar front subframe, someone pointed me to Checkered Racing. All of the body and suspension mounting holes were rotted out and it was falling apart.

So while restoring my Nova a couple of years ago, I noticed my stock subframe was shot.

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