LCA's

04sonicblueGT said:

i guess i just can't understand that only 1 company makes a decent control arm.

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blackfang said:

MM are probably the best ones out there. Steeda make good ones as well and so does Pro 3i, and HPM.

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SRT Handz said:

You need to understand that Everything else on the market is a rip off of MM products. There are bad things that can happen when you dont go with MM. Bushings that are 1 piece or 2 piece from other companies are too stiff and can Mess up your torque box.

There are many people who have bought the BS suspension products like GMS and have trashed them and bought MM products. Search on SN95forums.com and there are a few BIG Threads about MM vs. Brand X

Just look at my MM LCAs.....



What sets MM Rear Lower Control Arms apart from all the rest?

It’s the engineering expertise we put into our unique bushing designs. Instead of simply making control arms the same way as everyone else, we first analyzed the Mustang’s rear suspension geometry, and then designed control arm bushings to provide what is needed to improve traction and handling. The superior design of MM rear lower control arms increases traction, without the poor handling characteristics commonly caused by most other aftermarket control arms.

The rear control arms connect the rear axle housing to the chassis. All of the forces that accelerate the car, as well as the braking loads, pass through the rear control arms. In stock form, the deflection of the rubber bushings prevents the rear axle from maintaining its correct position under the chassis, leading to instability from rear steer. During acceleration, the rear tires push the axle forward, which in turn moves the car forward by pushing on the rear lower control arms. Replacing the rear lower control arms with MM control arms will improve traction and handling primarily because of the elimination of the overly compliant stock rubber bushings. With MM rear lower control arms, the properly designed bushing mounted in a stout tubular arm keeps the axle correctly positioned under the chassis. Traction and handling are both improved because the axle does not move around in an unpredictable manner.

Most aftermarket rear control arms use hard 2-piece urethane bushings, Delrin bushings, or steel bushings. Those types of bushings do not allow the angularity needed for the Mustang’s suspension to articulate freely. The resulting suspension bind causes the rear tires to break loose very easily. Suspension bind not only causes poor handling and poor traction, but it also causes damage to the torque-boxes. As the attachment points on the chassis for the rear control arms, the torque-boxes can suffer greatly from the abuse of poorly designed control arm bushings. After all, the torque boxes are only made of folded sheet metal.

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Zax said:

I would say Griggs are the best, but they are so expensive. Maybe $150 or more than the MM ones. Everybody rips off somebody, even MM. Griggs designed the whole Torque-arm/pan hard bar system for foxes if Im not mistaken. But Im sure they ripped it from some road racing genius, because that system is sick.

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SRT Handz said:

Griggs Doesnt use Panhard Bar/Torque Arm...they use something called a "Watts-Link"

Griggs never used torque arm i believe

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BennyBlown2v said:

Griggs doesn't cover crap! A LOT of people broke their HEAVY-DUTY front LCA's and griggs just told them "uhh tough luck, you should have bought our EXTREME-DUTY LCA's!"

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SRT Handz said:

...One you buy a MM product and open the box and see the quality you simply will be amazed.

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