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Old 04-07-2011, 05:36 AM
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Hmm UPR told me there sn95 arms and fox arms are identical, the only thing u need when putting them on the sn95 is the spacer that goves of the stud of the balljoint so you dont run out of thread..................... now even I am getting confused. I forgot to get those measurements but I gotta go down this weekend to start putting my rear back in and ill get the measures, PM me so I don't forget.
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Old 04-07-2011, 08:03 AM
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Lol yea I think they were just trying to sell me the more expensive arms...

They offer both fox and sn95 arms and fox arms that are 1" short...
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Old 04-07-2011, 11:42 PM
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quote from Jeremy @ UPR in an email
I will provide the measurements tomorrow. The sn95 a arms are aprox 15" the fox are aprox 14" and the 1" shorter are-- you guessed it
aprox 13"
so once i get measurements from my dad on the QA1 arms i'll be buying UPR arms that are 1" shorter than my QA1's that will fix everything. then i might buy wheel spacers to push the wheels back out, but that will be after i figure out of the arms work, if i have any clearance issues, and where the front wheels line up in relation to the rear wheels.
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Old 04-08-2011, 04:22 AM
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Well I have the qa1 k memeber with those UPR arms and It doesn't really look like my wheels got sucked in or anything and I don't run a spacer.
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Old 04-08-2011, 01:12 PM
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my worry is the on3 kit's exhaust, its pretty close at full turn that i think the driver side wheel actually rubs on it every so slightly. i dont go full that often, but its something i'd rather eliminate with hardware than having to guess if its hitting or not.
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Old 04-08-2011, 01:26 PM
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^ same issue.

so do u get alot of noise with the qa1? ive got bilsteins but when i turn the wheel clock to clock i get a metal binding noise from the CO
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Old 04-08-2011, 01:52 PM
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alot of noise with the QA1 would be an understatement. they're so freakin noisy.

and yea that binding noise is the coil spring probably hitting the strut tower. its actually scrapped paint off the springs themselves (not that care, they're QA1 too, think ima get hypercoils for my next springs) AND its even pushed the spring into the strut body itself, shaving off part of the threaded strut body...

i cant wait to take off the parts and get this beast fixed. i havent decided what i wanna do with the parts yet, i think ima either light em up with a Mosin Nagant 7.62x54r at point blank range, light them on fire, drop them in the deepest depths of the ocean, or blow them up with dynamite lol...
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