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Old 10-05-2010, 10:56 AM
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Question Post pics of your aftermarket k-member installed please...

Ok so I'm getting ready to get me a k-member for my car. All my suspension is red (car is black) so I'm trying to decide if a red k-member and upper and lowers would be too much bling in the front area... I also thought about doing maybe just the arms in red and the k in black or vise versa. Anyone willing to post some pics would be appreciated thanks.
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i dont have pics, but my car is all black and i got my UMI K-member and lower A-arms in red. you really cant see them anyways. And why are you doing upper A-arms?
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What type of pics are you looking for? What can be seen from the street just standing by the car or an actual underside shot?

From the street you have to basically be on your belly to see the k-member or lower arms, and you have to be down by the tire to see the upper arm. Maybe on a thinner spoke wheel you might see a bit more, but on the standard corvette 5 spokes you can't tell a thing.

With the car in the air though the red stands out a lot in a good way. I've gotten a lot of compliments from mechanics and the like who've had to do misc. work like alignments that I don't have the tools for. It pops nicely with the typically darker underside.
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Originally Posted by cookba
i dont have pics, but my car is all black and i got my UMI K-member and lower A-arms in red. you really cant see them anyways. And why are you doing upper A-arms?
really good package deal
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Originally Posted by 99SSJarhead
What type of pics are you looking for? What can be seen from the street just standing by the car or an actual underside shot?

From the street you have to basically be on your belly to see the k-member or lower arms, and you have to be down by the tire to see the upper arm. Maybe on a thinner spoke wheel you might see a bit more, but on the standard corvette 5 spokes you can't tell a thing.

With the car in the air though the red stands out a lot in a good way. I've gotten a lot of compliments from mechanics and the like who've had to do misc. work like alignments that I don't have the tools for. It pops nicely with the typically darker underside.
id love to see what it looks like under the car (what mechanics see) and also what you can see from front or side shots... see i have my calipers red also i just dont want there to be too much red and i tried searching for pics on here but 90% of them were black k members
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We have quite a few pictures in the links below-

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo..._page=02camaro

www.umiperformance.com/2320

Hope these help,
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i would do some more research on upper A-arms. they dont have a good aftermarket reputation, regardless of the manufacturer.
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Originally Posted by cookba
i would do some more research on upper A-arms. they dont have a good aftermarket reputation, regardless of the manufacturer.
any particular threads or websites you want to show me? interested in seeing what you are talking about...

what seems to be bad about them?
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talk to Sam Strano. i will look for some threads when i get a chance though so im not leavin you hangin
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This is my Spohn tubular K-member and control arms





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How much weight loss from the installation of just an aftermarket k member?
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4
How much weight loss from the installation of just an aftermarket k member?

It will depend on the brand but I think we are all similar and with in 5lbs. or so. The UMI K-member will save you 25lbs of weight of the front end, it will with stand both street driving and racing applications. I think some of the race only K-members can save 30-35 lbs.

Hope that helps!
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