im soon to be gettin my 93 back together, but i am putting this out for discussion and ideas. i will be lowering my car and want to change the rear control arms top and bottom and can the quad shocks. i seen a couple of years ago some steeda billit aluminum weight jackers, and i havent seen them since. do they still make them? looking for advise and/or ideas. chime in please.
need ideas for rear control arms
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i have some Pro3 industries adjustable lowers and Steed adj. uppers with no problems, its nice to be able to adjust the ride height and they were priced right.
yeah i live in sparks nv where we have a summit so granetelli's are readily available to me. i am actually looking at purchasing them, just wanted to see what everyone would suggest and what not. summit also has some serious hotchis udjustable uppers that are sick and look strong as hell to so i think im gonna go that route. keep the suggestions comin.
Just because you put aftermarket control arms doesn't mean you can can the quad shocks. They actually do help. Some people expeirence wheel hops even with high quality control arms.
I personally would keep the quads if you can even with aftermarket stuff
I personally would keep the quads if you can even with aftermarket stuff
How bad is it gonna be w/o quads and running stock upper/lower...I can't fit my stupid wheels on even flipping the quads. I'm gonna try to get MM stuff this summer but I still have to finish the front 5 lug conversion so it's not gonna be real soon.
Depends on the car really. Some have ZERO wheel hop with the stock arms and others wheel hop like crazy with expensive control arms.
Won't know til you try really
Won't know til you try really
IF you have a 79-98 Mustang buy the Granitelli Motorsport LCA's. They are 199.99. No need to spend 400+ on Steeda, or MM.
IF you have a 99-04 Mustang, DO NOT buy Granitelli Motorsport LCA's. Granitelli LCA's have 79-98 12mm holes in their bushings, so you cannot used your stock bolts and nuts. 99-04 Mustangs have 14mm hardware and are too big to be used in their LCA's.
NOW....Granitelli told me, "It's okay, you can use 12mm hardware, it's no big deal. Just go to any hardware store, and buy the nuts and bolts."
UMMM.....No dude.......It is not safe to put 12mm LCA's and 12mm bolts into 99-04's because it won't tighten up and it will eventually rip your torque boxes. It will also jump around and make noise on the axle mounting side. It's sad when the "tech guys" doesn't give a crap about you, and just pulls a marketing sales scheme out his ass to make more money!!!!
Anyways....79-98....go for it!!!!!!!!!!
IF you have a 99-04 Mustang, DO NOT buy Granitelli Motorsport LCA's. Granitelli LCA's have 79-98 12mm holes in their bushings, so you cannot used your stock bolts and nuts. 99-04 Mustangs have 14mm hardware and are too big to be used in their LCA's.
NOW....Granitelli told me, "It's okay, you can use 12mm hardware, it's no big deal. Just go to any hardware store, and buy the nuts and bolts."
UMMM.....No dude.......It is not safe to put 12mm LCA's and 12mm bolts into 99-04's because it won't tighten up and it will eventually rip your torque boxes. It will also jump around and make noise on the axle mounting side. It's sad when the "tech guys" doesn't give a crap about you, and just pulls a marketing sales scheme out his ass to make more money!!!!
Anyways....79-98....go for it!!!!!!!!!!
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