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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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What about these? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERF-...QQcmdZViewItem I think it says they are the "poly-ball" combo. For someone not looking to lower their ride or anything like that I think they may be suitable.. Not to mention, the price is right!!!
These were discussed in another thread a few days ago. The concept is interesting, but they are new and as of yet they have not been proven.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 02:56 AM
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If there is interest, we could probably run a Spohn suspension component special of some kind. Would people just be interested in LCA's or what about PHR's, sway bars etc?

Old Feb 2, 2007 | 12:03 AM
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Interested...
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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Thats 1. We would need about 5 people interested to make it happen.
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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I have the J&M's mentioned above. No binding issues so far. Had to try them for the price and curiousity. no complaints.
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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Through my past expirience with my own cars and customers cars, I stay clear of polyurathane in places like control arms. Nothing but aggravation IMHO.Rod ends work, but you better like aroughride. Also they wear on the street too. I can live with poly on the sway bars to some extent, but not at suspension pivots like control arms. It is just my taste.

I just ordered the factoryGT500 arms from FRPP. They have higher durometer RUBBER bushings as I understand it and have a beefier cross section for less flex. I have not installed them or recieved them yet.

They may not be the strongest,or have the least amount of deflection compared to aftermarket stuff. But they will be a bitstiffer but shouldnot transmit a ton ofNVH, help combatthe minimal wheel hopthe car has, stay quiet, need no greasing and cleaning,or replacing of bushings every 10K miles, etc, etc.

I hardly ever go to the track, and the car doesent feel all that bad to me to be perfectly honest.To me, 64-67 GM A bodies like GTO's have violentwheel hop issues. The 05+ stangs haveminimal hopin comparison but it doesent hurt to cut it back a bit.

They were 114 bucks with shipping from lethal. They are close to 300 bucks at the parts counter, but FRPP sells them for $99. Go figure.
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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I just ordered the factoryGT500 arms from FRPP. They have higher durometer RUBBER bushings as I understand it and have a beefier cross section for less flex. I have not installed them or recieved them yet.

They were 114 bucks with shipping from lethal. They are close to 300 bucks at the parts counter, but FRPP sells them for $99. Go figure.
Will these change the pinion angle?
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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They were 114 bucks with shipping from lethal. They are close to 300 bucks at the parts counter, but FRPP sells them for $99. Go figure.
That's a good idea if you haven't lowered your car. If you have then you have ajustable poly control arms and not much else. I'm perfectly happy with my CHE adjust poly/poly arms, they have no grease fittings and supposedly don't require any grease. So far not a squeak from them after 5k miles.

They are offset to by the way.


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I just ordered the factoryGT500 arms from FRPP. They have higher durometer RUBBER bushings as I understand it and have a beefier cross section for less flex. I have not installed them or recieved them yet.

They were 114 bucks with shipping from lethal. They are close to 300 bucks at the parts counter, but FRPP sells them for $99. Go figure.
Will these change the pinion angle?
No, those are stock length.

Also performance wise they are better than stock, but they are not as firm as typical aftermarket.



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