Why buy adjustable LCAs?
02-24-2009, 05:44 PM
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thats basically it. to fine tune your rear end. it matters more when youre lowering and if youre into any kind of racing. even drag racing. its best to get reloc. brackets with them, again especially when lowering.
the easiest answer is simply this: its best to get everything adjustable, because youll never know what you might do in the future. the PHB is the biggest case. you really NEED an adj. when lowered. so if youre in the market for a new PHB, why not get the adj. just in case, sometime in the future, you decide to lower? that way you wont have to buy the same thing twice.
also, to a small extent, the factory location of the rear may or may not be perfectly centered. im sure after driving for a few years (its been 7 years since 2002, as per your Z28) things can get a little out of whack; although not much. with adj. suspension pieces, you can re-center the rear, even if youre at stock height.
the easiest answer is simply this: its best to get everything adjustable, because youll never know what you might do in the future. the PHB is the biggest case. you really NEED an adj. when lowered. so if youre in the market for a new PHB, why not get the adj. just in case, sometime in the future, you decide to lower? that way you wont have to buy the same thing twice.
also, to a small extent, the factory location of the rear may or may not be perfectly centered. im sure after driving for a few years (its been 7 years since 2002, as per your Z28) things can get a little out of whack; although not much. with adj. suspension pieces, you can re-center the rear, even if youre at stock height.
02-24-2009, 06:05 PM
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I always assumed people got adjustable LCA only if they had an aftermarket rear end so they could center it. I would really like to know the advantaged of adjustable ones on a stock height car. I have an adjustable PHB-Mainly due to the 11's in the rear.
02-24-2009, 06:12 PM
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02-24-2009, 07:08 PM
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Rod ends wear-out, and when they wear-out you have to replace the whole rod end not just replace bushing parts. So the main reason they're threaded into the control arms is so they can be replaced! 
IMO, Adjust ability just happens to be a side benefit of that.
IMO, Adjust ability just happens to be a side benefit of that.