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I haven't seen a kit put out by anybody. Putting 122 discs on a 544 is a task that seems to get done by someone somewhere about once a year, on overage. Not really enough activity to elicit a kit. So you're left to your own creativity.
As for the suspension - you've probably already noticed there aren't many soft pieces in the front suspension. Just the thread spool inner/lower bushings. There's a bit more rubber in the rear suspension. Can't think of a good reason not to replace all that with poly. I did this recently on the rear suspension of mine, and was rather surprised at the shape the original rubber pieces were in. They looked a bit iffy from the outside, but once removed it was jsut a slight it of 'surface rot' - they were still really quite solid and functional. I put the new IPD poly stuff in anyhow.
http://www.ipdusa.com/products/5529/105448-lower-control-arm-bushing-poly
http://www.ipdusa.com/products/5116/107231-rear-bushing-kit
I'd also heartily reccommend a front and rear sway bar set. Opinions vary on the value of a front and rear set vs. just a front bar, it's my opinion that front bar only leaves it in a heavily understeering balance, front and rear makes it more neutral, I guess it's personal preference there. Rear bar will make you wish you had a limited slip diff in there more, for sure.
http://www.ipdusa.com/products/4864/100976-anti-sway-bar-kit-444-544-models
Shocks - for performance use I think Bilsteins are the way to go. Back when I bought mine, I didn't find any other place selling PV Bil's other than the Swedish performance shop KGTrimning. Front and back, 1095 Skr each. The exchange rates haven't been kind to the goode olde US $ since I bought mine, 1095 Swedish crowns equals around $156, so they're a bit dear, I guess. On the plus side, they work really, really well and last forever.
http://www.kgtrimning.com/bilPV.htm
Springs are another matter. The front ones are an unusual diameter, it's hard to pull anything out of a generic catalog based on the specs (diameter, height, rate) I think you'd have to have something custom wound. Not impossible by any means. Last time I looked (one of the original front springs broke on mine) I couldn't find anything other than stock replacements. So I put two new ones on the front, the front end sat *way* up in the air, eventually I chopped a coil or so off each one to settle the car back down again (matching the 49 year old sagged rear springs). If you find something, let us know!
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 (now w/16V turbo)
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