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HA! I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY MY CAR WAS TWISTING

Old 07-28-2007, 01:35 PM
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Default HA! I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY MY CAR WAS TWISTING

and among other things. i finally got my car put on a lift,and what did i find?.well the driverside lower control arm bushings were gone!,and i mean gone. the passenger side was chewed up,but might as well say shot...i further inspected everything else and to my disbelief my torque boxes were solid as a rock[&:]..

i'm considering the UPR prokit and there tq box kit...has anybody used them? anygood?

what about wolfe?...they are $200.00 more than UPR and they are both adjustable upper/lower control arms and link bar...thanks if anybody helps..


reason it takes me so long is i'm only home for 14days after a 28 day trip so finding time gets limited..
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Old 07-28-2007, 02:01 PM
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I have the upr upper and lower control arms but they are not the ones that come in the kit. My lowers just have solid bushings and aren't adjustable. My uppers have spherical ends on both sides and a solid aluminm bushing in the rear end housing. I've pulled low 1.7, high 1.6 60fts with them and mickey thompson et streets. I'd recommend going with upr, its inexpesive effective way to setup your suspension and you really don't have to worry about bushings wearing out.
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Old 07-28-2007, 02:17 PM
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cool...considering everything else on my ride is adjustable then why not get them adj. also..


funny thing is i pulled 1.78 with this junk...thanks to strange engineering i guess
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Old 07-29-2007, 10:12 AM
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Default RE: HA! I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHY MY CAR WAS TWISTING

Never heard anything bad about upr c/a
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Old 07-29-2007, 03:45 PM
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anybody else?
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Old 07-29-2007, 04:40 PM
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well I have UPR stuff and its nice, but wolfe is the best!
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Old 07-29-2007, 05:07 PM
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i cant believe you have no torque box damage.
i'm still runnin stock control arms, and my driver side lower torque box is GONE.
tore the f*** up
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Old 07-29-2007, 05:15 PM
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yeah i know wolfe,and z motorsports are better than upr...but damn 500 sounds better than 750 on the price thing...i guess i'll have to do some research
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Old 07-29-2007, 06:11 PM
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my buddy that gave me the upper and lower control arms put the upr tubular upper and lower adjustables with spherecle bearings in all. they look really nice and from the hole shots i saw in the parking lot looks like they made a big difference in traction.
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Old 07-29-2007, 06:19 PM
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i want something that can support 1.5's
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