Did my first 'big' work on the old girl in ages.
Replaced front and rear caster bushes, LCA bushes, ball joints and sway bar links. Got the best wheel alignment I've ever had (young dude at Jax in Mitchell knows his ****) including a slightly aggressive camber, 4 degrees over stock, which works well with meaty tyres. I used all Nolathane and managed to score some TRW ball joints. Funds didn't end up stretching to the Whiteline sway bar link mod kit.
It was a fair whack of strength work but I managed to get it done in about 4 hours thanks to JC's. Found a super easy way to pop out LCA shells using a special chisel I have, which was my only real concern. The old bushes were rooted (centres pulled to one side of the rubber) which was surprising given they weren't done long ago.
The handling is still that of a Commodore but I could tell straight away it was less effort. It drives dead straight with a finger on the wheel, which flicks back nicely after a turn and it brakes better than ever, dead straight hands off. I can highly recommend this upgrade, not only for the improvement but also because the Nolathane kit doesn't required any pressing. You can't over tighten the sway bar link kit either, which is a common and easy thing to do. Sure you do get more feedback, but it's good feedback IMO, undulations and bumps in the road are easily felt, it's not feedback that rips the wheel out of your hand, vibrates, shimmy's or anything like that. If you're a spirited driver, this stuff is great. Fingers crossed it lasts.
Got some KYB short shocks, Kings super lows and SuperPro strut tops in the cupboard for next week.
Then cause I'm car OCD, I made it pretty and shiny, inside and out.