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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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i have an 02 SS...i plan on buying full bolt ons...head/cam...blabla, but it wont be a track car, just a street/weekend ball buster..can i get away with some nice non adjustable LCA's orrrr should i buy Adjustable?????

I dont know what to do
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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hmm anyone home?
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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get double adjustable

something about rod-ends
worse comfort better performance

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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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I think if you have a stock 10-bolt and the car
isn't bent, then adjustables are just one more
thing to adjust (but no benefit to doing so).

If you have crazy big tires, or an aftermarket
rear that might be some fraction of an inch
different in the location of mounting hardware
then I could see a use. Do you have a desire
for the rear to be someplace different than it
it now, fore/aft or thrust angle?

Otherwise I'd go for stiffness and plain durability.
I don't like the designs with the bushing tube
T-welded to the arm; why add another "critical
weld"? I do like the ones where the bushing
is "captive" in rectangular stock and of course I
like my cheap, ugly, boxed factory ones with the
hard rubber 1LE bushings just fine too.
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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haha i see what youre saying....
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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A lot of people get the adjustables to get that little bit of extra clearance for larger tires. You should be fine using non adjustables.
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