Metco Lower Control Arms?
#1
Metco Lower Control Arms?
I dont know a lot about suspension parts for mustangs. I just bought my mustang like 2 months ago and have a problem hooking up. From what I have been reading is that lower control arms help with this problem. I was wondering if anyone here has used Metco LCA's? Also I was just looking for some reviews on any LCA or UCA out there. Thanks
#2
The CHE LCA's seem to be the best LCA i have found. they do not need to be lubed with grease and also they have a little attachment for the parking brake cable so that you do not have to ziptie it. Lethalperformance.com (a forum sponsor) carries them for like 130 bucks shipped. the only metco ones i have seen are the billet ones on ebay. they are pretty and all, but wont perform any better than any other lca.
#3
I dont know a lot about suspension parts for mustangs. I just bought my mustang like 2 months ago and have a problem hooking up. From what I have been reading is that lower control arms help with this problem. I was wondering if anyone here has used Metco LCA's? Also I was just looking for some reviews on any LCA or UCA out there. Thanks
#4
The CHE LCA's seem to be the best LCA i have found. they do not need to be lubed with grease and also they have a little attachment for the parking brake cable so that you do not have to ziptie it. Lethalperformance.com (a forum sponsor) carries them for like 130 bucks shipped. the only metco ones i have seen are the billet ones on ebay. they are pretty and all, but wont perform any better than any other lca.
#5
The big thing about most LCAs is that the bushings are stiffer than the OE rubber. What the arm itself looks like doesn't really matter in nearly all cases* - other than for appearance preference. IOW, anybody's LCA with 88A Durometer poly in the ends is going to perform the same as anybody else's with the same stuff. This you can know without driving with either.
Understand that poly-bushed LCAs are really strip-oriented parts that work OK in moderate street use but aren't entirely happy being thrown around corners really hard (think autocross or road course open-tracking here). I'm not particularly biased against their use, as long as it's in the right activity for the right reason(s).
* if in your case what the arm looks like does matter from a strength or stiffness point of view, you're past the range where poly is even good enough and you should be thinking about getting rod ends/Heim joints instead.
Norm
Understand that poly-bushed LCAs are really strip-oriented parts that work OK in moderate street use but aren't entirely happy being thrown around corners really hard (think autocross or road course open-tracking here). I'm not particularly biased against their use, as long as it's in the right activity for the right reason(s).
* if in your case what the arm looks like does matter from a strength or stiffness point of view, you're past the range where poly is even good enough and you should be thinking about getting rod ends/Heim joints instead.
Norm
#6
Understand that poly-bushed LCAs are really strip-oriented parts that work OK in moderate street use but aren't entirely happy being thrown around corners really hard (think autocross or road course open-tracking here). I'm not particularly biased against their use, as long as it's in the right activity for the right reason(s).
Norm
#8
Depending on what the poly bushing installation actually looks like, the poly itself can be modified to provide a lot less "roll bind", though this too comes with a likely loss in bushing lifespan.
People - including at least one of the "heavy-hitters" in this forum with lots of test experience - have played around with using slightly softer rear springs and/or softer rear sta-bar as a means of offsetting roll bind introduced by the use of poly bushings. What you get to keep as a "net benefit" is the smaller amount of axle steer due to bushing compliance. Hint: the cases I know of didn't involve a Mustang, so if you know about them it wouldn't likely have been from this site.
jahudso2 - the GT500 LCAs do come with somewhat stiffer bushings than does the rest of the Mustang model lineup and yes, they should be more than acceptable for most corner-carving. Certainly for any street corner-carving they will be adequate. Probably not at the C-Prepared Solo or any W2W competition levels where rod ends and wholesale geometry revision and suspension pivot relocations are permitted, though.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 12-22-2008 at 07:55 AM.