LCA recommendation
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LCA recommendation Looking for a quiet ADJUSTABLE LCA. The ones I have now are noisy, jarring, rattling (people think my car is falling apart). I have called the maker (not saying who's at this point) and I'm getting the 'never heard that before and we'll take em back with 20% restocking fee (+my shipping cost).
They are brand new as were supposed to be quiet. There is a thread in this section, mine, titled "reward offered" if you want to know the brand. First hand experience please not hear say.
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They are brand new as were supposed to be quiet. There is a thread in this section, mine, titled "reward offered" if you want to know the brand. First hand experience please not hear say.
Thanks
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I don't feel like looking for the thread for the brand because brand is irrelevant.
What kind of LCA's do you have?
bushing/bushing?
bushing/heim?
heim/heim?
A heim joint in any suspension part will add noise. Just depends on how much you are willing to put up with.
What kind of LCA's do you have?
bushing/bushing?
bushing/heim?
heim/heim?
A heim joint in any suspension part will add noise. Just depends on how much you are willing to put up with.
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Poly on body/del-sphere rod on axle.https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...1&d=1386189183
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I'm tempted to go to heim joints on both ends to allow maximum ability to NOT bind.
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Verdad Gallardo I never had a problem with the poly/poly UMI's on my old 2000 SS; my UMI poly/rod LCA's on my current 2002 SS are quiet and ride just fine for me. This sort of stuff usually ends up being subjective.
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I would agree with the subjective thing. Depends on how the car is used. If it's a DD, then go poly, if it's a track/weekend warrior then go full heim.
Or OP like you mentioned, go full heim for the track and put in stockers for street duty.
Or OP like you mentioned, go full heim for the track and put in stockers for street duty.
It seems like there are many different feeling between what someone says is good, bad, or indifferent on this subject matter, but there are some simple facts that need to be kept in mind what selecting LCA and bushing type.
There WILL be more noise transfer with any other bushing/joint than oem rubber.
Poly bushings bind the suspension worse than any other setup.
IMHO... the "johnny joint" bushings are overrated and overpriced compared to the correct heim joint for the application.
Heim joints are not all created equal. Most manufactures are using cheap plastic injected body style joints. This style is as hard operating as a metal/metal joint, and quickly wears which causes vibrations, popping noises, and poor handling. MWC uses a high quality permanently lubricated Teflon lined that isolates the metal-to-metal contact and absorbs a lot of the harshness commonly associated with heim jointed type LCAs. You will never get a better performing suspension link from any other connection than a good quality heim joint.
There WILL be more noise transfer with any other bushing/joint than oem rubber.
Poly bushings bind the suspension worse than any other setup.
IMHO... the "johnny joint" bushings are overrated and overpriced compared to the correct heim joint for the application.
Heim joints are not all created equal. Most manufactures are using cheap plastic injected body style joints. This style is as hard operating as a metal/metal joint, and quickly wears which causes vibrations, popping noises, and poor handling. MWC uses a high quality permanently lubricated Teflon lined that isolates the metal-to-metal contact and absorbs a lot of the harshness commonly associated with heim jointed type LCAs. You will never get a better performing suspension link from any other connection than a good quality heim joint.
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Originally Posted by ssvert99;17867358 MWC uses a high quality permanently lubricated Teflon lined that isolates the metal-to-metal contact and absorbs a lot of the harshness commonly associated with heim jointed type LCAs. You will [B
never[/B] get a better performing suspension link from any other connection than a good quality heim joint.
If you are mainly street use with light track use I would recommend the 3 piece poly-joint control arms. They are on car adjustable and use a bushing design with a hard inner poly ball and very soft outer cups to allow the suspension to articulate like the factory arms do. The only purpose of the out bushings is to hold the ball in place.
