BlackMetal
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Starting to get interested in modifying the stock suspension. Have a 36mm F-body bar ordered for the front, but I'm more interested in the rear and the type of modifications you can do to improve traction. Wanting to learn about this "instant center" stuff and what you can do to help launch a car.
I ordered UMI tubular LCAs from Full Throttle during the year=end sale and am trying to decide if I'm keeping these or going a different route.
Not really worried about a sway bar at the moment. Might go slightly bigger at some point but I don't need a huge bar that turns your ride into a slotcar, like I said, this is a street car.
I was really in love with the idea and theory behind the Southside Lift Bars but I did a search and saw the issues about the mounting holes getting torn up and how they're noisy and overall not worth the trouble. A part of me still wants to order a set... so somebody really needs to talk me out of it if they're that awful. I would weld them to the frame to avoid the bolt hole issue. Is the "lift bar" from UMI any better, or do they all have the same problems?
You can also buy weld-in LCA relocation brackets. Also supposed to help plant your tires into the ground. Any opinions on this?
So should I keep the LCAs that I ordered and install them? Is the UMI lift bar a better alternative than the Southside product? LCA relocation bracket?
Is this design any better as a lift bar?
Then there's the upper control arms... for a street car? Stock? Aftermarket? Adjustable?
Right now my entire suspension is stock except for air bags.
Appreciate any help!
I ordered UMI tubular LCAs from Full Throttle during the year=end sale and am trying to decide if I'm keeping these or going a different route.
Not really worried about a sway bar at the moment. Might go slightly bigger at some point but I don't need a huge bar that turns your ride into a slotcar, like I said, this is a street car.
I was really in love with the idea and theory behind the Southside Lift Bars but I did a search and saw the issues about the mounting holes getting torn up and how they're noisy and overall not worth the trouble. A part of me still wants to order a set... so somebody really needs to talk me out of it if they're that awful. I would weld them to the frame to avoid the bolt hole issue. Is the "lift bar" from UMI any better, or do they all have the same problems?
You can also buy weld-in LCA relocation brackets. Also supposed to help plant your tires into the ground. Any opinions on this?
So should I keep the LCAs that I ordered and install them? Is the UMI lift bar a better alternative than the Southside product? LCA relocation bracket?
Is this design any better as a lift bar?
Then there's the upper control arms... for a street car? Stock? Aftermarket? Adjustable?
Right now my entire suspension is stock except for air bags.
Appreciate any help!