Alright...
The Celica has been sitting dormant for quite some time now. Now that we're getting a house with a huge garage, it's time for me to start getting a list together of things i'll need.
I'm planning on taking the thing down to a shell and going back up.
Here's a list of what i've got on the list/in my closet right now:
1) New brakes all around. Pads, rotors, calipers, lines, master cylinder
2) New suspension bushings all around (may or may not use, depends how well the delrins bushings that are in there have held up over the years)
3) Tie rods, ball joints, may replace the swaybar endlinks and bushings
Now, the big question for today, followed by another smaller:
Stupid idea/waste of money for me to remove ALL suspension arms and replace them with new? Or would just taking them all off the car, cleaning them up/painting/whatever and using all new hardware (nuts, bolts, washers) be sufficient?
For what it's worth, the car is easily alignable within factory specs, there's no rust, and nothing looks bent. Drove fine the last time i drove it.
If i could find the arms on rockauto for cheap like i can for the other cars, i'd just go ahead and do it, but i'm looking at a minimum of $1000 to have all the arms shipped to me in this case.
Anything else that i should go ahead and replace while i'm in there? Keep in mind that the main reason for the tear down is that it's receiving a new drivetrain from motor to trans to axles. It's had new coilovers w/ mounts and camber plates and swaybars within the last 5000 miles, so i don't think attention is needed there.
I'm just trying to eliminate any of the "Duh, i should have fixed THAT while i was in there, and now it's broke" situations.