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Old 09-16-2005, 12:36 PM
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So I am looking for control arms and I came across some lakewood lift bars. Are these made just for the strip, or would it affect my road handling. Im looking to have my car corner well, but have good traction on the take off also.
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I would go with a set of adjustable control arms
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Old 09-16-2005, 05:36 PM
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I would go with a set of adjustable control arms
I agree. I used to have south side (?) lift bars on my '89 GT. They worked at the track but squeaked a lot during daily driving. Had to lube them often and the car would not fit through a car wash's tracks with them on.
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Old 09-17-2005, 06:14 AM
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Ok so if i got a set of adjustables, how hard are they to adjust "right"? or who would adjust them, since i know if you do it wrong they can make everything worse by binding up
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Old 09-17-2005, 11:10 AM
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just get normal non adjustable CAs. if you dont knwo whta youre doing you can cause some issues with the rear suspension when trying to setup the pinion angle
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Old 09-17-2005, 04:53 PM
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so you wouldnt suggest gettin tha lake wood action lift lower ca's and upper ones? because ill puttin these in with my buddy and his dad was a ford mechanic for over 30 years. are the adjustable ones better than tha action lift? how hard to put in and how much are the adjustable ones gunna run me?
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Old 09-17-2005, 08:43 PM
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what would would be better for hooking up on tha strip? what one would be more streetable?
traction action lift bar
http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...=egnsearch.asp
traction bars
http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...=egnsearch.asp
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Old 09-17-2005, 10:19 PM
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what would would be better for hooking up on tha strip? what one would be more streetable?
traction action lift bar
http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...=egnsearch.asp
traction bars
http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...=egnsearch.asp
Those links go to race mufflers.
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Old 09-17-2005, 10:49 PM
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lift bars are gay and i personally dont care for them.

get non adjustable, unless you flat out race alot no need for adjustables
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hm well that makes me seem like an idiot haha, i thought they were the right link. so quik you think id be better off with just a set of bbk heavy duty upper and lower control arms then the lift action ones?
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