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JymboSlice · Dec 9, 2008

Hey...I'm about to put a whole bunch of crap on my car. so im wondering if i should get a k-member, a-arms, and a coil over kit. idk if i should get one tho...any suggestions would be great...thanks.

bdcardinal · Dec 9, 2008

yes, call maximum motorsports, or griggs racing. install and enjoy.

JymboSlice · Dec 9, 2008

MM is too expensive. and idk about griggs. anyone heard anything about granatelli's or PA Racings?

bdcardinal · Dec 9, 2008

PA is decent, Granatelli is junk.

Mustang92 · Dec 10, 2008

PA Racing is good, UPR is also a good option.

Bill

flstang65 · Dec 10, 2008

i have had nothing but good luck with upr. i if i had the money i would try mm. for lackof a better word, granatelli is junk.

poindexternasty · Dec 10, 2008

Ditto, Granatelli is garbage.

smokin00GT · Dec 12, 2008

I used granatelli,didn't fit, and the jerks didn't want to refund money after seeing proof it was way off, bought PA Racing, and had it coated silver to match my car.... fit great. It's worth it to pay a little more for one that fits

jivepepper · Dec 13, 2008

I have the upr kit and it has worked great. Also one of the lightest.

LaserSVT · Dec 13, 2008

Stedda has the QA1 for under $270 and its a quality piece. It comes with spring perches if you wana avoid doing a coilover. Then you can get the AJE control arms with perches too. They are $340 from LMR and without the perches are $300. So for around $600 you can have a nice set up. QA1 is a reputable company and if thats what Steeda uses then you know its a stout piece

billfisher · Dec 13, 2008

my k is apparently an MM copy(granitelli), so i recommend MM. QA-1 seems a bit weak but thats just how it looks to me. i use qa-1 arms.

Mustang5L5 · Dec 13, 2008

Is the car a daily driver?

I wouldn't run an aftermarket k-member on a daily driven car. They aren't exactly tested for 100K miles of potholes and bumps and bangs. Only one i would trust on my car is a MM k-member.

UPR just seems too flimsy to me as well.

JymboSlice · Dec 14, 2008

The car only gets driven about 20 miles a day...in the summer of course....if its raining i dont drive it. and i avoid pot holes and stuff like that. so i think im going to go with UPRs kit. i just need a kmember so i can have room for a oil pan and long tube headers. and to save more weight so i can beat up on all the s**t rice cars. thanks for all the advice guys.

jivepepper · Dec 14, 2008

JymboSlice said:
The car only gets driven about 20 miles a day...in the summer of course....if its raining i dont drive it. and i avoid pot holes and stuff like that. so i think im going to go with UPRs kit. i just need a kmember so i can have room for a oil pan and long tube headers. and to save more weight so i can beat up on all the s**t rice cars. thanks for all the advice guys.

Then the upr is the one you want. I have had the headers off twice and changed the motor mounts since. Both jobs were easy with this kit. Plus it's the ligheast and cheapeast among the decent set ups.

wingless wonder · Dec 15, 2008

Griggs, you get what you pay for. Steeda is interested profit margins not quality.

Mustang92 · Dec 15, 2008

Mustang5L5 said:
Is the car a daily driver?

I wouldn't run an aftermarket k-member on a daily driven car. They aren't exactly tested for 100K miles of potholes and bumps and bangs. Only one i would trust on my car is a MM k-member.

UPR just seems too flimsy to me as well.

Proof of that last statement?

I had a UPR tubular K-member in my car for close to 80k miles with zero problems. I hit pot holes, even bent one of my weld prostars, bottomed out on another pot hole so bad the pavement scraped the powder coating off. Obviously I didn't look for them to hit it was just one of those things as I drove the car 75 miles a day and to and from races all over the east coast.

Bill

Mustang5L5 · Dec 15, 2008

Mustang92 said:
Proof of that last statement?

Everyone is entitled to their opinions..and i have my own.

Mustang92 · Dec 15, 2008

Mustang5L5 said:
Everyone is entitled to their opinions..and i have my own.

So you trash a companies product without anything to back it up...fact, opinion or otherwise? You do realize that chromoly has a higher tensile strength than mild steel right?

Bill

Mustang5L5 · Dec 15, 2008

Mustang92 said:
So you trash a companies product without anything to back it up...fact, opinion or otherwise? You do realize that chromoly has a higher tensile strength than mild steel right?

Bill

If you owned a Granatelli K-member, would you have called out the three members here that called it garbage without stating any facts? What about the person who trashed the Steeda K-member? Or are you singling me out for saying the UPR peice "looks flimsy" because you own one and wish to justify your purchase? You made your choice and that's fine, don't get upset because of my opinion on the part.

jivepepper · Dec 15, 2008

I've been happy with my upr and drive it like it's stock.

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