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I recently purchased a 1992 Buick Regal Limited 3800 with a scant 79,000 original miles from a local scrapyard. It has a few small dings, but no rust whatsoever. I'm used to old Audis, so this is WAY out of my wheelhouse haha. What are the common problem areas? Can it be lowered without sacrificing the ride quality too much? Pics of it on my Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/eric.mongeur/albums/10156539869041793/

On a 1992: 1) Coil spring seats. GM powder coated most of the suspension parts in 1992, and over time, even in areas without much salt use, the powder coat breaks down, trapping moisture against the metal. Which eventually causes its failure. The coil spring seats are notorious for collecting water, holding water against the metal, and suffering failure. Can be a pretty serious issue, and the only way to fully and properly inspect is disassembly of the entire strut tower assembly off the car. On-car inspection is not possible. 2) Lower cooling hose/pipe assembly. Directly exposed to road grime/etc., and the metal part beneath the coolant recovery reservoir tends to rust out. 3) Leaf Spring seats -- the rubber "ends" of the fiberglass leaf spring often 'dissappear' over time, leaving the fiberglass leaf spring end to directly rub. Makes a bunch of noise when you hit bumps. But still worthy of inspection and of course, repair when necessary. 4) Rear brakes, especially the e-brake. Tend to seize up and become inoperable. 5) Stock front-brakes suck. If you're doing the inspection and/or addressing the coil seat problem as described in #1, do yourself a favour, hit a junkyard, and get a set of new steering knuckles/strut tower assemblies off of like a 1997 Lumina or something. Make sure to grab the brake rotors as well. Other than that, welcome to the forum! I have a 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and that's basically a synopsis of what I've gone through.

Son in law runs auto shop. Told me job pays 3 hours to do plugs. “No way” to get to back plugs without pulling intake. I had never done it but invite him over to show him. Popped dogbone off, parked car on slope at end of driveway. Had to pull cowl brace off to get room to pull wires off. (95 DOHC vert).Long extension and all 3 plugs out in no time. I use a piece of fuel line with the new plug jammed in it to install new plugs. This assured I didn’t cross thread new plugs. Seated plug then tightened plug with ratchet. Gonna invite him back when I do the timing belt without a bunch of special tools.