G8 Suspension and Handling Upgrades (Pedders, Pfadt, Nitto)

[Knoxville]

I'm told the remaining Pedders parts will arrive at my house on Thursday (tomorrow). I've made an appointment for Friday to have the 4-wheel alignment done (let's hope its not snowing).

I prepared the Pfadt toe rods by installing the Polyurethane bushings. I love the look of these toe rods, and can't wait to have them on the car.

No Bushings installed:

No Metal Sleeve installed:

Bushings Installed:



Car is getting close to completed. Can't wait to drive this thing with the new handling upgrades.

[Knoxville]

I now have all the parts from Pedders so there is no more hold up with missing parts. However, I have been out of town for the last 2 weeks in California so I haven't been able to work on the vehicle.

I have a wedding up in Lutsen this weekend so I wont have a chance to work on the vehicle. Would love to get this thing finished sometime soon. I'm going nuts since I haven't driven it since the cruise!

[Knoxville]

Finally got a chance to work on the car again after being out of town for the last couple weeks.

Right before I left for my trip the remaining Pedders parts arrived. So I now have all of the parts to finish my suspension upgrades.

Subframe Bushings


Full Alignment Kit


We got most of the subframe bushings installed tonight. Here you can see the front upper subframe bushing installed. I also removed the subframe weights that really serve no critical purpose.

Here you can see the rear upper subframe bushing installed and mounted in place.


This is the driver side all finished up with the Pfadt trailing arm, Pfadt toe rod, pedders toe bolt, and the subframe bushings installed

Good image showing the removed subframe weights and the new bushings installed: