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Spherical UCR Bushings on the Street?

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I have a Maximum Motorsports panhard bar on my car and am getting a little bit of binding in the read suspension. I know that I could install a torque arm and remove the upper control arms but I am not totally sold on the torque arm yet. I know that I can replace the stock bushings on the rear end with spherical bushings but I am wondering if I can install new upper control arms with spherical bushings on the body side too. I know that Steeda sells a set with spherical bushings but they are for track only. Is anyone running a set up like this on the street?
 
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MM does not recommend that. It's either (a) the stock UCA's or (b) the FRPP heavy duty UCA's.
 

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Actually, the stock rubber works well to prevent binding, but only to a certain point in terms of power output. Rubber doesn't bind because, frankly, it's mushy. We've had numerous customers in high (500+) horsepower "heavy weight" cars that have blown away both rubber and urethane bushings.

In the early 2000's we experimented quite a bit (using a handful of employee driven daily-drivers) and put thousands of miles on cars that saw the rigors of South Florida traffic on a daily basis with little to no durability issue. Just for piece of mind, our all of our arms carry a lifetime warranty and are easily serviced.

For bind-free articulation a spherical/heim-joint is the best way to go, and more street friendly than you'd think. If you have any other questions, I'd be glad to answer emails or phone calls.
-Mike
 
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I've been running Megabite SR lower control arms with heim joints for about a year, daily driven on the street, and have had no problems whatsoever. I'm thinking about doing the same with the upper control arms, I was expecting a lot of vibration and harshness, but honestly, it's barely even louder than stock, the Flowmaster 1 chambers make a lot more vibration and harshness than the heim joints every could......lol
 
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