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Old 09-13-2005, 11:41 PM
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I dont know what is good and what isnt, can someone give me some good choices. I dont want to spend to much, no more then 300 for a set of upper and lower. Thanks
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Old 09-14-2005, 12:23 AM
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Get the MAC's off of Ebay, they are $135.00 and are just as good as all of the rest.
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Old 09-14-2005, 12:27 AM
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dude if youre on a budget. grab your stockers and some steel plating and box in the stockers adn get some poly bushings. bam you got budget CAs
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Old 09-14-2005, 12:29 AM
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most of them are about the same. i run mega bite jr's which are about $225-$250 (cant remember for sure) for the lowers alone. they are different because they change the suspension geometery. they lower the mounting point where the arms meet the axle which makes the arms more effective
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Old 09-14-2005, 12:31 AM
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Im not really on a budget, i just got my bonus for 6g's. I just want some good CA's that arent the most expensive. I wanna spend around 250-300 on a good set. I found some UPR upper and lower CA's for 150 shipped but i dont know if they are good or not.
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Old 09-14-2005, 03:05 AM
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What are the most popular ones that everyone gets?
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Old 09-14-2005, 03:25 AM
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I am also looking for control arms and i found some made by GRANATELLI. The ones I am looking at have adjustable spring cups to be able to raise the car by 2" or lower it by an inch. I found a pair on ebay starting at $150. Is that a reputable company, and is that even a good idea to have adjustable ride height in the rear?
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Old 09-14-2005, 08:42 AM
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adjustable rear height is good. cause if you want to run a 28' tall tire then you can just raise the car up slightly

Granatelli is a clone company. they take someones product and change it up and resell it
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Old 09-14-2005, 08:45 AM
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So then what is a good brand? What do most people go with?
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Old 09-14-2005, 11:09 AM
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I am wondering the same as john here. What is a good company to go with? And I do like the adjustable height so who else makes it? Or is it being a clone a bad thing or will GRANATELLI work just fine?
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