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Old 03-20-2006, 01:37 AM
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Default Do i need U/Contol arms or just Lower?

Just wondering if i need upper and lower i have heard people say you really only need lower is this true? what brad should i get?
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Old 03-20-2006, 02:09 AM
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Granetelli motorsports sell them pretty cheap. Great quality too.
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Old 03-20-2006, 02:16 AM
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Yeah I'm curious about this aswell...it seems that the lowers could have flex to them...but what do the uppers really do. If soemone had some good insight to this that would be awesome.
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Old 03-20-2006, 10:17 AM
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FWIW Global west says not to put poly in the upper control arms--it will cause bind when cornering. They claim that lower control arms with one rod end and one poly bushing combined with stock uppers gives the best bang for the buck. You can lose the quad-shocks and remove most of the suspension bind. The stock geometry still has an instant center that is not optimized for performance, but it will be way better than stock.Global west Control arms They never say to use stock uppers but it is pretty well implied. I have my eye on a tri-link/watts-link set up from evolution motosports.
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Old 03-20-2006, 10:38 AM
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U think there is a good reason why so many companies sell them as a kit. Most of your companies selling Uppers and Lowers seperately are UPR, MAC and other less reputable brands that offer "same performance for less $$$" Why do half the job? I'm slighly biased on this one, but I say get both. I love my mine. They aren't even hard to install. Just takes a few hours and THIS!!!
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Old 03-20-2006, 10:59 AM
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+1... I'll be bolting on my GMS U/L's next month from Blue Oval Industries
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Old 03-20-2006, 11:20 AM
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ORIGINAL: Emann0007

U think there is a good reason why so many companies sell them as a kit. Most of your companies selling Uppers and Lowers seperately are UPR, MAC and other less reputable brands that offer "same performance for less $$$" Why do half the job? I'm slighly biased on this one, but I say get both. I love my mine. They aren't even hard to install. Just takes a few hours and THIS!!!
I wasnt thinking of it from a saving money standpoint...I just don't understand what the uppers even do. I know the lowers is to reduce/eliminate the flexing of the lower control arm on hard launches. Just wasnt sure what exactly the upper one does...
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Old 03-20-2006, 11:20 AM
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I just bought a set from MAC and they were inexpensive too, emann thanks for the info.
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