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Old 04-18-2006, 12:47 AM
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i bought upper and lower A-arms form UMI performance and they have spherical ends instead of the polyurethane bushings.

my question is : will the handling be better with the A-ams with polyurethane bushings or the ones with spherical ends?

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The spherical ends should be tighter with less play,but more road noise( better suited for a track car).While the poly bushings are a little quieter but not quite as firm (better for a street car).But you should ask these questions in the handling and braking forum...>https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-16/
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thanks for the reply. that what i wanted to know, the A-arms with spherical ends will handle better than with polyurethane bushings. i don't care for more road noise.

can any one confirm that?

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Originally Posted by Abdullah
thanks for the reply. that what i wanted to know, the A-arms with spherical ends will handle better than with polyurethane bushings. i don't care for more road noise.

can any one confirm that?

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yes, more noise and more control. When you ordered the a-arms didnt you see that they come with spherical? It shows them plainly.
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i saw the spherical ends and thought they would handle better than polyurethane but didn't think about the noise, i will feel the noise after the A-arms are installed then i will see if the noise is annoying or not but i think i will not care for the noise (hope so).

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Do a search and ask the same on frrax.com for more opinions.




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