They looked like Grade 8 to me. I had some small washers that I used to put between the bushings and the shock towers. So far no squeaking. It amazes me how many people are telling me I should have tried all of these simple and cheap things first, as if I wasn't intulligunnt enough to think of trying the cheapest things first myself. Believe me, I didn't want to spend $340 for some bent pieces of metal. I spent about a year debating it before I took the plunge. -Steve Rice #16510 On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:09 PM, content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As I said, nobody is thrilled about Ed's price tag, but once his brackets are installed people seem very pleased with the results. I have yet to see even one person express regret over installing them. > > Ed's machinist does a nice job of fabrication too. Not only are the brackets dimensionally correct, but the humongous weld beads on the back (bushing tubes) are very well done. It's a lot of money for bent pieces of metal, but they do at least bolt right on without any problem. > > Do your bushings squeak at all against the shock towers? I stood mine off on washers to protect the paint job, but figured that minimizing bushing movement would also minimize squeak as well. > > Did your brackets come with Grade 5 or Grade bolts? Mine came with Grade 5 (no problem since I swapped them out for longer bolts anyway), but Dave Swingle said last year (Message #82592) that he was going to start supplying Grade 8's on Ed's behalf. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/