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Old 09-04-2011, 04:42 PM
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I bought the Founders Panhard bar and LCAs and the relocation brackets. The Panhard bar went right on and looks like a good quality bar. The LCAs look good and fit into the car nicely with a little tweaking to get the bolt holes ligned up.I wanted to put just the bar and lcas on and see if that helped with traction then put the relocation brackets to see if there was or was not a difference. I tried to mount the LCA relocation brackets and they fit on the perch ok but the emergency brake cable bracket that fits there as well doesnt want to go on around the new bracket. Am I supposed to just beat on the brake cable bracket and bend it around to fit or what==It didn't seem like it would bend that much to get the holes aligned up. Anybody that has installed these please chime in or Founders please reply.

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You have to cut the E-brake bracket. That's with all the relo brackets I have seen.
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Cut it off the car????? or cut to fit?? Help Founders.
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Cut off one side of each bracket.
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Originally Posted by Jay-P
Cut off one side of each bracket.
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I was looking this up this morning. Google how to install lower control arm relocation brackets ls1 and the second link is what you're looking for. Some people bend it, others cut it. I don't see a problem with cutting, I'll be doing this in a couple days when my shocks arrive.
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Right, you don't cut if off the car, you just cut it in half basically and only one side is bolted in instead of the original two (if that makes sense).
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Thanks for the info===the car is definately more stable in the rear than it was with the stock parts. You can definately feel it. Thanks for the info on cutting the brackets...pain in the *** but oh well.



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