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Old 12-31-2007, 12:58 PM
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im getting my adjustable steeda uppers on thursday, ill let you know how the quality is. i have the aluminum lowers and they are really nice. also just waiting on my torque box reinforcements to come in and ill probably try to tackle all of the rear suspension soon or in the early spring.
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Old 12-31-2007, 12:59 PM
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whats the big difference between the cheap roush ones and the more expensive steeda/mm ones?
You're kidding right? CheapRoush lca's? Have you ever heard of any Roush parts being cheap?
This guy got a bunch of Roush parts from some place that went out of business and is selling them at a stolen price.
These arms are sold on the Roush site for $126 EACH.
http://store.roushperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=670

I almost fell out of my chair when I first saw them on ebay at that price.
I was sceptical but when they came I was very happy. They are real.

Not sure how they compare to steeda, etc.......but for the price it wasn't much of a decision for me.
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Old 12-31-2007, 01:05 PM
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DTK, so you could tell a nice traction difference from the Roush pieces?
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Old 12-31-2007, 01:19 PM
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DTK, so you could tell a nice traction difference from the Roush pieces?
Much better (stiffer)than the stockers. Install was alsovery easy.
I went with FRPP upper control arms with these Roush lca's and the difference was very noticable.
Big difference when you give it a good shot compared to the stock setup.
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Old 12-31-2007, 03:15 PM
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I'll be switching over to full Roush suspension parts in the spring.
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Old 01-01-2008, 11:08 AM
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haha yea never haerd of cheap roush products. what kind of bushings do they use?
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Old 01-01-2008, 02:27 PM
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The control arms are very easy. The only thing is you may need to take down the exhaust to get out the upper bolts. My bushings were seized onto the stock bolts and the metal inner sleave on the stock busing actually broke off and stuck to the screw. So that caused some problems. I actually had to cut through the stock control arms with an oxy torch to get them out. That was fun. But i've done control arms on other ppl's cars and it was a blast. I have Granatelli tubular upper and lowers and it was a PITA trying to get the rear sway bar back in with the new control arms but other than that its a pretty easy job. .
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Old 01-01-2008, 06:54 PM
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Steeda has a GREAT writeup for the CA install, I don't have a link but just google "steeda control arm install". Its what i used for my install and it was dead on, even the bolt sizes were correct.
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Old 01-02-2008, 09:06 AM
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haha yea never haerd of cheap roush products. what kind of bushings do they use?
Polyurethane. Grease nipples are on there too for squeaking.
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hey DTK those look different then the ones from Roush. The sway bar brace doesn't go all the way down on the ones from Roush Website.
I was goign to buy them but Now I'm leery.
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