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Can I use stock struts n coils w/ a QA 1 tubular k-member?

Thx,

E.

Stangatic

No! The geometry on the QA1 K-member moves the wheel base forward an inch and they (QA1) says you can, but that is totally not true. I almost had to take them to court do to faulty products (bump steer kit). I have their whole proactive suspension kit and it's the biggest POS, poorly engineered, piece of junk that I have ever put on my car. I would recommend a UPR K member if you plan on keeping your shocks and coils, but I don't think you can use their lower control arms.You will have to keep your stock lower control arms.

oxfordgt

Yes you can. I have 2 friends running stock arms whit their Kmember with out a single issue. I have the complete front and rear kits and not a single problem. One of the best things I have bought for the car. Fitment was perfect and high quality. I really don't know what the above post is talking about. I guess he just had bad luck or bad install.

Seeing that most of the big turbo companies (Hellion, HP) sell their kits with the QA1 k it cant be that bad.

JEG447

+1 with Ox no issues at all, complete front end, k-member,a-arms , coil overs and struts.

Stangatic

^ What!!! ThenI need to figure out what is going on with whatI have. I have my coilovers hitting the side of the finder up by the CC plates. I also have weird noise coming from the coilovers every time I hit a bump at low speed. Sometimes it sounds like aold worn out set of bed springs. does yours sound like this? and also when i cut the wheels sharp my coilovers hit something. I have had it adjusted 3 times by "professionals." By the way, my reasoning from the above posting iswhat UPR told me whenI told them the problems thatI was having. Did ya'll use the solid bushings for the coilover? Did you do the install yourself?

Anyways Hellion says they use the UPR k member kit andyou can by the MM kit for extra $$.So I'myou got that from OX.

oxfordgt

Sorry about the hellion I know there is one other tho I'll have to look.

Yes I installed them my self. Sounds like you didn't put in all the spacers. Spacers between the top hat and the cc plate and on either side of the strut mount on the spindle. I really dont have any noise except some clunking over bumps because it is all metal to metal in there now and no rubber.

Stangatic

Sap Sorry for High jacking your thread!

Ox, yea I installed everything my self too. The first time I had the suspension alligned, the allignment shop tookout my spacers and had the tophat resting on the cc plates. I was so pissed. anyways I had to place the spacers (two of them on each side) back on the car so the tophat would clear everything, and then I took it to another allignment shop that managed to mess with everything and just screw it up. The thrid allignment was at a reputable shop but I feel like they still had no clue on what to do. As for the clunking, I have the too. I been thinking about purchasing the MM Bumpstops and seeing if they would eliminate the harshness of the solid busings. What do you think?

Sap

No problem, thanks for the info guys, I think I'll go with the QA1 and if it doesnt fit right I'll just return it.

E.

JEG447

Yes I did mine myself also. Like you and Ox it does clank when you hit bumps and I agree the spacers are the key.