School me on LCA's Relocation Brackets
It is really hard to explain lower control arm relocation brackets without getting too complicated and confusing . The lower control arm relocation brackets can be used for a couple things. Lower control arm relocation brackets are used to correct lower control arm geometry after the ride height of a vehicle has been lowered and this is why we recommend them when you install lowering springs and are concerned with straight line performance and traction. People also use them strictly for straight line performance and traction because you can use them to add more positive anti-squat which will help with overall straight line performance. The lower you mount the lower control arms on the relocation brackets the steeper the lower control angle will be and the more positive anti-squat the car will have. Now every car is different and will want a different amount of positive anti-squat depending on power level, tires, track conditions, and a few other variables. You have to remember that the lower control arm are what is going to be transferring the power from the rear end into the chassis so if the lower control arm is angled upward towards the chassis using lower control arm relocation brackets the force will launch the car outward. If the car has been lowered and the lower control arms are angled downward towards the chassis the force will want to go downward.
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Here are a couple of drawing that we use to help explain the benefits of using lower control arm relocation brackets.
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The LCAs don't have any affect on the pinion angle, the inion angle is controlled completely by the torque arm.
The LCAs don't have any affect on the pinion angle, the inion angle is controlled completely by the torque arm.
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No worries, if you have any other questions I can help you out with let me know.
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Yes, thank you. That was the perfect explanation Kyle. So I know that the relocation brackets are highly recommended when lowering, what else if anything is sort of necessary? I'm looking to get a set of your springs and want to do it right, all at once the first time. That being said I'm really only doing it for cosmetic reasons so I don't need to throw every trick (part) in the book at my car to make it handle better. I just want to get rid of my lowpro/offroad stance.
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Yes, thank you. That was the perfect explanation Kyle. So I know that the relocation brackets are highly recommended when lowering, what else if anything is sort of necessary? I'm looking to get a set of your springs and want to do it right, all at once the first time. That being said I'm really only doing it for cosmetic reasons so I don't need to throw every trick (part) in the book at my car to make it handle better. I just want to get rid of my lowpro/offroad stance.
The only thing you "need" is springs to lower the car. But if you want to do it "right" you also need good shocks possibly an adjustable PHB and an alignment.
Yes, thank you. That was the perfect explanation Kyle. So I know that the relocation brackets are highly recommended when lowering, what else if anything is sort of necessary? I'm looking to get a set of your springs and want to do it right, all at once the first time. That being said I'm really only doing it for cosmetic reasons so I don't need to throw every trick (part) in the book at my car to make it handle better. I just want to get rid of my lowpro/offroad stance.
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And brake worse! The brackets might help straightline traction by forcing the wheels down under acceleration, but they also try and lift them up under deceleration. This creates bad axle hop under hard braking and really srews with the ABS.
It is all a compromise based on what you do with your car. For a lowered DD/handling car, I no longer use the relocation brackets because the handling and braking tradeoffs were worse than the traction benefits.
It is all a compromise based on what you do with your car. For a lowered DD/handling car, I no longer use the relocation brackets because the handling and braking tradeoffs were worse than the traction benefits.