Re: Slight modifications

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 22 1998 - 19:23:30 EST


How hard is installation on those bars? If it is complicated, then how much
would it cost to have them installed?
Thanks, Robert Trottmann
rotrottmann@davidson.edu

Rader wrote:

> > Glad to hear about your success with the Addco bars. Did the urethane
> > bushings come with the bar or did you have to buy them separately? If so
> > where did you get them and how much, please. Who did yu order the bar
> > from and how much did they charge you for that?
>
> Hmmm, seems that I posted alla this info recently, but here goes
> anyway.
>
> I talked to the nice folks at Addco (get their 800 # from information
> or the Web), and they answered all my questions very politely. More
> impressively, they told me NOT to order the kit from them, but order
> it locally from AutoZone instead. I saved around $50, even considering
> sales tax. Total came to roughly $110 for kit #416 (7/8" bar). Addco
> can tell you who your closest local dealer is. They pointed me to
> AutoZone and Pep Boys, and AutoZone was significantly cheaper for the
> same kit.
>
> Trouble was that I couldn't order the kit with urethane bushings (#416U)
> from AutoZone, but that wasn't much problem since I had already planned
> to get Energy Suspension greaseable bushings from Jeg's anyway. I paid
> roughly $25 for the rear urethane bushings ($14 for frame bushings, $11
> for end link grommets). I also ordered 28mm bushings for the stock front
> bar (not in the catalog, so they're backordered), but measure your bar
> before you order any urethane bushings.
>
> Trust me, this is a lot cheaper than the $180-190 that some of the Web
> and mailorder houses wanted for the rear Addco bar.
>
> > What are your thoughts on the cat-back? I really like the Gibson on my
> > DAK.
>
> Dunno. I wanted an Edelbrock stainless powerflo muffler, but since
> they don't offer a cat-back exhaust system for my '95, I'd have to
> have a system welded up myself. Since I'm much too lazy for that, I'll
> probably go to the single 3" Gibson system. More flow and less hardware
> than the split output.
>
> Ron



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