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Old 04-03-2008, 11:20 PM
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so i'm pretty broke right now, but i've got some pretty bad wheel hop from my eibach lowering springs and i'm worried i'm going to mess up my 10 bolt more than it already is

have two choices each of which will cost me 100$:

a used edelbrock non-adjustable torque arm from my buddy

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bolt-on lower control arm brackets


currently my car has:
J&M lower control arms
J&M panhard bar
18' OEM C5 zo6 rims with pirrelli p-zero 285/30/18

lid/muffler/3.73gears and 100 shot of nitrous

AND will either of these help at all?

have but not installed:
hotchkis front and rear sway bars with poly bushings/mounts
koni double adjustable shocks and struts
Old 04-03-2008, 11:23 PM
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i'm sure they'll both help, but wondering which one would be best to get,

thanks!
Old 04-03-2008, 11:26 PM
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You really need LCA relocation brackets.
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Yea dont bother with a non adj ta, your angle will be off from lowering. Get the lca's, but the shocks and sways will kill that wheel hop for sure
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get the brackets!!!!!!!!!!
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Lower control arm brackets for sure. It will take car of that
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lower control arms help wheel hop the best, a torque arm will add more bite for traction which will just make the wheel hop worse if you don't have LCAs
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The Koni's will help
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I say get the LCA relocation brackets!
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Don't waist money on a non-adjustable pan-hard or lower control arms. Save your money for a month and get adjustable pan-hard and LCA's. You will also want to get relocation brackets to stop the wheel hop.
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Originally Posted by Lucas'02SS
Don't waist money on a non-adjustable pan-hard or lower control arms. Save your money for a month and get adjustable pan-hard and LCA's. You will also want to get relocation brackets to stop the wheel hop.
Agreed, then get some nice koni's
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Originally Posted by chavez885
Agreed, then get some nice koni's
Or some QA-1s I've got Hotchkis lowering springs and plan on switching to QA-1s...




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