Opinions on these aftermarket Upper Control Arms...
07-06-09, 07:25 PM
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you can call me a ricer when i have a robo super fast furious sticker on the side of my car with a tripple decker APC wings, led windshield squirters with motegi white rims and a led exhuast tip and mother marry on the hood
07-06-09, 10:19 PM
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it has nothing to do with daily driven or not. if it is a quality joint it will hold up to the abuse.
are you seriously trying to say that a formula car or a rally car puts less stress on its suspension components then a street driven car?
i wouldnt use those particular arms but if built right with something like aurora or skf components it will be fine.
if youre not convinced go on a mcmaster or aurora bearing website and look up specs for different rod ends and heim joints.
are you seriously trying to say that a formula car or a rally car puts less stress on its suspension components then a street driven car?
i wouldnt use those particular arms but if built right with something like aurora or skf components it will be fine.
if youre not convinced go on a mcmaster or aurora bearing website and look up specs for different rod ends and heim joints.
formula cars and rally cars aren't driven for 50K + miles without teardown through potholes, rain, salt and dirt...Under those conditions, no those wouldn't hold up.
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07-06-09, 10:21 PM
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ricer not jus a desperate solution to not paying 700 plus for a camber kit and saving 400 dollars every 6mnths for new front tires
you can call me a ricer when i have a robo super fast furious sticker on the side of my car with a tripple decker APC wings, led windshield squirters with motegi white rims and a led exhuast tip and mother marry on the hood
you can call me a ricer when i have a robo super fast furious sticker on the side of my car with a tripple decker APC wings, led windshield squirters with motegi white rims and a led exhuast tip and mother marry on the hood
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07-06-09, 10:34 PM
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ricer not jus a desperate solution to not paying 700 plus for a camber kit and saving 400 dollars every 6mnths for new front tires
you can call me a ricer when i have a robo super fast furious sticker on the side of my car with a tripple decker APC wings, led windshield squirters with motegi white rims and a led exhuast tip and mother marry on the hood
you can call me a ricer when i have a robo super fast furious sticker on the side of my car with a tripple decker APC wings, led windshield squirters with motegi white rims and a led exhuast tip and mother marry on the hood
PS what's the rest of your setup like? I'm curious to see exactly what you have which causes the tires to burn that fast in the front? I thought mine was pretty hammered but my guy (an old friend who knows his ***** and does alignments for a living) says I shouldn't have any issues, and he's correct.
I'm on H+R / Supra struts combo, Urethane bushings (no camber correction) and I'm dumped pretty damn low. I'm tucked in the front.
I've been dropped for 6k miles and no noticable wear on my fronts. He wasn't able to get the camber but got the toe on the front.
My back in factory spec.
No issues, drives good, but rides like A$$ but no tire wear at least.
EDIT: Looked at the pics, might just have to raise it till you can get more reasonable alignment specs..
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07-06-09, 11:12 PM
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orginaly without the camber kit and worn out upper control arm bushing with completely wasted LCA bushings i was at -2 camber, now my set up is brand new supra lca and newer used upper control arms with alignment now i run only -1.3 camber which i can live with but im gonna install my titan supra bushing camber kit to zero it out just been lazy to get around to it
Suspension: tein coilovers
dumped 2 1/4 in the front
2 in the back
Suspension: tein coilovers
dumped 2 1/4 in the front
2 in the back
07-06-09, 11:25 PM
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orginaly without the camber kit and worn out upper control arm bushing with completely wasted LCA bushings i was at -2 camber, now my set up is brand new supra lca and newer used upper control arms with alignment now i run only -1.3 camber which i can live with but im gonna install my titan supra bushing camber kit to zero it out just been lazy to get around to it
Suspension: tein coilovers
dumped 2 1/4 in the front
2 in the back
Suspension: tein coilovers
dumped 2 1/4 in the front
2 in the back
even from factory they set a bit of negative camber. if you want no tire wear then do zero. if you want the car to handle really well run at least 1.5 all around.
07-07-09, 02:22 PM
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i run -2.5* in the rear right now and i have very little camber wear. my falken azenis rt615 are almost even as far as tread wear.
i run zero toe all around and it works great.
07-07-09, 05:11 PM
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i know this. so why run no camber. when you take a sharp turn your 0* wheel becomes a positive camber situation. you overheat the outside edge of the tire, and then complain how the car doesnt handle well and blame it on something else on the car.
i run -2.5* in the rear right now and i have very little camber wear. my falken azenis rt615 are almost even as far as tread wear.
i run zero toe all around and it works great.
i run -2.5* in the rear right now and i have very little camber wear. my falken azenis rt615 are almost even as far as tread wear.
i run zero toe all around and it works great.
My camber wear is so slow... Even at 2.5* my outer part of the tire is only 1-2/32 less than the inner part. Its the toe that kills the tires... it literally sands it down when you move.
07-08-09, 09:57 PM
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there was no instructions and the arms were assembled jus as i applied them on as i asumed that, that was the way there supose to be 
what kinda pisses me off is if you knew all this time since April that i installed them wrong what happen to giving me a heads up 
you were on this thread all that time arguing the fact rose joint FAIL blah blah blah and i had pics of my install up for everyone to see and review AND now u tell BTW there backwards thanks MATE for the great knowledge and tech info buddy buts kinda too late !
sorry to flame i know its my lack of knowledge that could have caused a major fail but here on club lex we are all a family and we try to look out for each other
what kinda pisses me off is if you knew all this time since April that i installed them wrong what happen to giving me a heads up you were on this thread all that time arguing the fact rose joint FAIL blah blah blah and i had pics of my install up for everyone to see and review AND now u tell BTW there backwards thanks MATE for the great knowledge and tech info buddy buts kinda too late ! sorry to flame i know its my lack of knowledge that could have caused a major fail but here on club lex we are all a family and we try to look out for each otherI though you said the arm only came unthreaded, I didnt realise it had broken.
For my car I had offset derlin bushes made for the uppers. Best money spent, and very cheap in reality.
07-08-09, 10:22 PM
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But when a rod end is in bending, it is more likely to fail, if it isnt appropriately sized.
03-09-10, 07:48 PM
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i went back to stock but purchased a titan bushing camber kit i haven t had the time to installed them. since my last post i raised my car about half a inch which gave enough to adjust camber to like -1.3 and almost zero out toe
03-09-10, 08:11 PM
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Man i was really hoping they would work. I plan to track the car and i need something to play with the roll center.
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