best rear control arms?

colehelm · Jun 25, 2024

first post on here, ive been looking around and cant find thr exact answer i need on a recent thread, im looking for thr best rear control arms (upper and lower) for my 1992 lx. i will be taking this car to the strip and will occasionally do street racing, and also city drive the car (bumpy and curvy roads) when weather is permitting. i have quad shocks and 235 tires if that matters. im only looking to spend 500 in total for both, my set up isnt too crazy on my car, only around 325 hp, and 3.55 gears, thank you for any help

AeroCoupe · Jun 25, 2024

Maximum Motorsports are IMO the absolute best and for what you get the best bang for the buck.

Lowers:

Extreme-Duty Mustang Rear Lower Control Arms, 1979-1998

Uppers:

Rear Upper Control Arms, 1979-2004 Mustang

Replacement bushings for the upper mounts on the rear end:

Mustang Rear Upper Control Arm Bushings, Axle/Differential Side, pair

I ran my stock style suspension with these for years before moving to a full MM suspension and the car was a blast to drive and very predictable.

limp · Jun 25, 2024

I used Steeda when I replaced mine... I thought they were the best built and I liked the design..

FastDriver · Jun 25, 2024

Team-Z uppers... Adjustable so you can set pinion angle. Can take a beating.

Mustang5L5 · Jun 26, 2024

My personal selection for a street driven car would be Max Motorsports. I feel their parts are actually rugged enough for street duty.

I feel some of the aftermarket parts are not really designed well with regards to street driven abuse. I've seen occasional failures with some of the drag-specific suspension parts used for daily-driver duty.

Noobz347 · Jun 26, 2024

limp said:
I used Steeda when I replaced mine... I thought they were the best built and I liked the design..

Exactly. One solid piece, no BS Chinese welds, no BS "weight reduction" as an excuse for Chinese thin wall garbage...

+1 for being the best on the market.

85GTStangGuy · Jun 26, 2024

limp said:
I used Steeda when I replaced mine... I thought they were the best built and I liked the design..

They are definitely a bad-ass looking part.

But with his budget being $500 for both uppers and lowers, they won't fit in his plans.

limp · Jun 26, 2024

85GTStangGuy said:
They are definitely a bad-ass looking part.

But with his budget being $500 for both uppers and lowers, they won't fit in his plans.

I looked up how much they are now.... Seems like I paid a little over $300....

85GTStangGuy · Jun 26, 2024

That was a great price.... they're $550/pair now!

limp · Jun 26, 2024

85GTStangGuy said:
That was a great price.... they're $550/pair now!

That cannot be, Janet Yellen said so...... LMFAO......

rednotch · Jun 26, 2024

85GTStangGuy said:
That was a great price.... they're $550/pair now!

Metco still sells there billet arms for $300ish I think if you don't need the weight jacker design, not sure if they every updated to the 3pc ball style bushings though. Still remember when GMS ripped that off and windowed the design lol.

Me, give me some Dom tubing and decent heim joints, rest I can burn my self. Majority of the adjustment I would want is in the mounting points on the chassis and axle housing, but then again most of my cars still have skinnes and no sway bar so corner carving isn't my thing.

93gtmustang · Jun 26, 2024

colehelm said:
first post on here, ive been looking around and cant find thr exact answer i need on a recent thread, im looking for thr best rear control arms (upper and lower) for my 1992 lx. i will be taking this car to the strip and will occasionally do street racing, and also city drive the car (bumpy and curvy roads) when weather is permitting. i have quad shocks and 235 tires if that matters. im only looking to spend 500 in total for both, my set up isnt too crazy on my car, only around 325 hp, and 3.55 gears, thank you for any help

I have BMR Adjustable Lower and uppers on my drag car.

General karthief · Jun 26, 2024

I have no idea what brand lower arms I installed years ago, prolly got them outta that pile of junk in the neighbors back yard.

rednotch · Jun 26, 2024

AeroCoupe said:
Maximum Motorsports are IMO the absolute best and for what you get the best bang for the buck.

Lowers:

Extreme-Duty Mustang Rear Lower Control Arms, 1979-1998

Uppers:

Rear Upper Control Arms, 1979-2004 Mustang

Replacement bushings for the upper mounts on the rear end:

Mustang Rear Upper Control Arm Bushings, Axle/Differential Side, pair

I ran my stock style suspension with these for years before moving to a full MM suspension and the car was a blast to drive and very predictable.

While the lowers are good, no real need to replace the upper with new ones, chassis side bushings are $26 a pair at rock auto for a decent brand, moog sells the chassis and axle side for around $45 for two kits needed, you can also box the stock ones while there out if you want to and Ford still sells the c clip, axles side bushings and a bottle of friction modified for $40. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fms-m-4050-b Same stuff just saving a few bucks, not much more work then doing just the axle side bushings. Stock arms do help keep the upper torque boxes alive if there not welded up, poly on the chassis side that isn't a ball bushing is worse then solids in my experience and only few like MM use those types of bushings.

colehelm · Jun 26, 2024

AeroCoupe said:
Maximum Motorsports are IMO the absolute best and for what you get the best bang for the buck.

Lowers:

Extreme-Duty Mustang Rear Lower Control Arms, 1979-1998

Uppers:

Rear Upper Control Arms, 1979-2004 Mustang

Replacement bushings for the upper mounts on the rear end:

Mustang Rear Upper Control Arm Bushings, Axle/Differential Side, pair

I ran my stock style suspension with these for years before moving to a full MM suspension and the car was a blast to drive and very predictable

would adjustable ones be necessary? whats the advantage to getting adjustable lowers, i know uppers are to set pinion angle, but whats the point in adjustable lowers?

Noobz347 · Jun 26, 2024

colehelm said:
would adjustable ones be necessary? whats the advantage to getting adjustable lowers, i know uppers are to set pinion angle, but whats the point in adjustable lowers?

The 'weight jackers' allow you to set your ride height. Useful if you're running wheel/tire setups that differ in size from stock or you just want to sit higher/lower than it would otherwise.

It's a 'nice to have'.

Noobz347 · Jun 26, 2024

From the Steeda website:

The adjustable spring seat allows you to raise or lower the rear of your Mustang up to 1" with just the turn of a standard 1/2" ratchet. Plus, Steeda went the extra mile by using a roller bearing assembly on the spring seat to make adjustment even easier. Steeda's 3-pc. bushing design positively locates the axle for maximum traction and control without torque-box damaging suspension bind. Patent pending.

Noobz347 · Jun 26, 2024

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AeroCoupe · Jun 26, 2024

Boxing the uppers are not recommended for a stock suspension car. If you want better uppers then go to spherical end uppers. I’m not saying don’t box them it I’m just saying it’s not the best.

I have Griggs Racing lowers in my T-Bird and Global West double adjustable uppers of which both have spherical ends. Hard bite and handles really well.

General tech about rear lower control arms

2000xp8 · Jun 26, 2024

General karthief said:
I have no idea what brand lower arms I installed years ago, prolly got them outta that pile of junk in the neighbors back yard.

Didn't I send you my old Steeda lowers with 3 piece bushings?

On topic, obviously I'm a fan of maximum motorsports. The adjustable type really isn't necessary.
That team z set of uppers looks like a weaker copy of the steeda version, which at least has half the top boxed for strength. I never liked the open top version.
I ran a version of them with heims only on the body side and that would be a firm hell no a second time.
Before I had the torque arm I ran motorsport uppers as my last set, I would do that again.

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