you can tell its off center
spring looks a lil curved
lower control arm relocation bracket problems
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Staging Lane
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From: albuquerque nm
lower control arm relocation bracket pics problems help!! pics inside to start off I have an 01 trans am. I have a set of bmr box style, non-adjustable lower control arms. I finally got the bmr lower control arm relocation brackets put in and it moved my rear tires like half an inch back !! i have the stock heigth and stock rear end. i know it was the lower control arm reloctaion brackets cause i have had the lower control arms for a while and it was perfectly fine until i put the brackets in. i got my lcas and relocation brackets from umi. i followed the instructions correctly. i have tried to adjust them each and every way but still no good. any imputs?? i have pictures i just dont know how to put them up
Last edited by snkeater; Jul 1, 2007 at 01:35 AM.
Bolt-in or weld-in? I don't see how that can't happen if you're following the directions. You do one side at a time so as to not allow the rear to move at all from the stock position.
"like half an inch back" how are you measuring this? just by eyeball?
Installation of relo brackets should not move the rear forward or rearward.
In fact if your rear moved rearward 1/2 inch your non adjustable LCAs would not bolt up.
Installation of relo brackets should not move the rear forward or rearward.
In fact if your rear moved rearward 1/2 inch your non adjustable LCAs would not bolt up.
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Staging Lane
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they are bolt in and you can tell right away that they have moved back my brother has a stock ws6 and we measured from the back of the tire to the beginning of the back fender on both cars and the difference is half an inch. i bolted the driver side first and then the passenger side i had to move the whole tire back and force the bolt in and they bolted up but like i said it moved the whole rear end back half an inch
Did you do one side at a time? Like, leave one LCA connected while you pull the other one off, loosely install the LCA bracket while re-installing that LCA into the bracket, and then tightening that side, and then going over to the other side and repeating the procedure?
If you did it like that, the rear shouldn't really move. With only one LCA disconnected at a time, you still have the other LCA and torque arm holding the rear in place.
If you did it like that, the rear shouldn't really move. With only one LCA disconnected at a time, you still have the other LCA and torque arm holding the rear in place.
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Staging Lane
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yup thats the way i did it the first time but when i got to the passenger side i had to pull the tire back and force the bolt into the hole or else it wouldnt go in, and thats wat i got so later that day when the day got a lil less hot, i tried adjusting it every way i could think of, with load on, off, tightening the spring bolt first then last. putting the lca in the top hole then at the bottom hole and still ended up the same way so im thinking maybe its the bracket thats drilled wrong
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mine did the same thing. driver side is perfectly fine, but my passenger side i can barely fit my hand between the tire and fender. seems to do it on both adjustment points.
and i did mine for traction and seemed to help
and i did mine for traction and seemed to help
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Staging Lane
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From: albuquerque nm
Originally Posted by Dan
I don't understand why people are installing relocation brackets on a non lowered car? Am I just out of the loop here 
well the reason i installed the lca brackets is cause im working my way up, im first starting with chassis stiffing and suspension then ima go big on motor mods in which i will require all the traction i can have, thats why and the reason for the non-lowered car is because im also planning on true duals and depending on how low they will hang will determine if i lower the car a few inches or non at all. thats why? satisfied??
So are you guys measuring pinion angle or something to get better traction with these brackets? I think there are 3 bolt holes(settings)? I have a set on my 99 since I lowered the car.
Originally Posted by DuronClocker
LCAs don't affect pinion angle unless running one of the ladder bar-ish setups.
If you are still having problems with the relocation brackets give me a call here at the office and I will see if I can help 
Lee Spicher
lee@bmrfabrication.com
(813)986-9302
Lee Spicher
lee@bmrfabrication.com
(813)986-9302