which FRONT lower control arms?
which FRONT lower control arms? Im pretty sure my front lower control arms are stock and way past their due date. 186K miles
long story short...bushings shot. Read all about nightmare of replacing bushings. So just get new arms right? No go, cant find em except used or shitty aftermarket.
Looks like im going with UMI, BMR, etc.
Question is...which ones? This is a street only car and will be used as such. Which arms are the best for DD? My main concern is longevity and quiet bushings. Most of these seem track oriented.
long story short...bushings shot. Read all about nightmare of replacing bushings. So just get new arms right? No go, cant find em except used or shitty aftermarket.
Looks like im going with UMI, BMR, etc.
Question is...which ones? This is a street only car and will be used as such. Which arms are the best for DD? My main concern is longevity and quiet bushings. Most of these seem track oriented.
What nightmares? Moog stuff in the stockers should treat you really well. I don't like the idea of tubular control arms on the street although UMI has some sharp looking boxed ones I'm considering.
ive been told by various people that sometimes new bushings go in like cake...others not so much. Either the control arm will try to bend or the bushings will get crushed in the press.
another issue is I will be installing the arms at work and don't have a press....I wont have any downtime to get access to a press. I want to just do an arm swap out. much less labor and possible issues.
I guess im saying my mind is pretty made up....I just don't know what performance aftermarket set would be the best for my DD. Im still unsure on the differences of boxed vs. tubular
another issue is I will be installing the arms at work and don't have a press....I wont have any downtime to get access to a press. I want to just do an arm swap out. much less labor and possible issues.
I guess im saying my mind is pretty made up....I just don't know what performance aftermarket set would be the best for my DD. Im still unsure on the differences of boxed vs. tubular
ive been told by various people that sometimes new bushings go in like cake...others not so much. Either the control arm will try to bend or the bushings will get crushed in the press.
another issue is I will be installing the arms at work and don't have a press....I wont have any downtime to get access to a press. I want to just do an arm swap out. much less labor and possible issues.
I guess im saying my mind is pretty made up....I just don't know what performance aftermarket set would be the best for my DD. Im still unsure on the differences of boxed vs. tubular
another issue is I will be installing the arms at work and don't have a press....I wont have any downtime to get access to a press. I want to just do an arm swap out. much less labor and possible issues.
I guess im saying my mind is pretty made up....I just don't know what performance aftermarket set would be the best for my DD. Im still unsure on the differences of boxed vs. tubular
If you're dead set on going completely aftermarket, and you DD the car, I'd say UMI boxed is the best option. They are stronger and I believe UMI rates them for street use. I wouldn't feel super confident driving a tubular front end over a road littered with potholes.
That doesn't sound quite like "nightmare" to me, another option would be to get some junkyard arms, and have a shop do all new bushings, then just pop those on the car.
If you're dead set on going completely aftermarket, and you DD the car, I'd say UMI boxed is the best option. They are stronger and I believe UMI rates them for street use. I wouldn't feel super confident driving a tubular front end over a road littered with potholes.
If you're dead set on going completely aftermarket, and you DD the car, I'd say UMI boxed is the best option. They are stronger and I believe UMI rates them for street use. I wouldn't feel super confident driving a tubular front end over a road littered with potholes.
That doesn't sound quite like "nightmare" to me, another option would be to get some junkyard arms, and have a shop do all new bushings, then just pop those on the car.
If you're dead set on going completely aftermarket, and you DD the car, I'd say UMI boxed is the best option. They are stronger and I believe UMI rates them for street use. I wouldn't feel super confident driving a tubular front end over a road littered with potholes.
If you're dead set on going completely aftermarket, and you DD the car, I'd say UMI boxed is the best option. They are stronger and I believe UMI rates them for street use. I wouldn't feel super confident driving a tubular front end over a road littered with potholes.
The stock front lower control arms would be more work if you got a second pair and had a shop replace the bushings in it, but, yes there's a big but here, you would save a large handful of money and it would be the most forgiving ride with added benefits of lessening noise on the street vs the aftermarket control arms.
If aftermarket, I'd lean towards boxed as well
I got a an extra set of lower control arms off here a while back and bought new moog bushings and ball joints off rockauto. I didn't have a press so I improvised and used a big c clamp to press the bushings in (which was easy) and paid a shop to press in the ball joints cause those were tight. It's not very difficult nor time consuming.
