Weight of stock front upper and lower A arms?
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Charlie, what I am trying to do right now is make a comparison list between all the upper A arms before I make my decision on which ones to buy. Weight (along with streetability, price, bushing material, wheel/downpipe clearance, BJ type attachment/placement, etc.) is definitely a deciding factor and I don't have the baseline stock A Arm weights to compare the other arms to. I did speak to SPC today and got some weights for their arms. I plan on sharing all this info with the board when I'm done
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Charlie, what I am trying to do right now is make a comparison list between all the upper A arms before I make my decision on which ones to buy. Weight (along with streetability, price, bushing material, wheel/downpipe clearance, BJ type attachment/placement, etc.) is definitely a deciding factor and I don't have the baseline stock A Arm weights to compare the other arms to. I did speak to SPC today and got some weights for their arms. I plan on sharing all this info with the board when I'm done
I will share this with you, and the board, since I have installed the G-Body front upper arms on my car.
All your criteria will be met and exceeded by these units, plus with greasable, bronze bushings you never will have to replace a rubber or poly bushing again. I have installed other units on customer's cars that were more expensive, but the G-Body arms do the job just as well or better in some areas.
They are available with the premium MOOG ball joint at a price better than anywhere I have found!
What I will also offer is that any tubular upper will be stronger than the stock one, period. The stock ones flex and can bend right behind where the ball joint mounts. Seen this many times before. There's really no weight advantage over the stock ones though. Most of the times the lowers are even heavier so there's no real advantage other than bling factor. We don't generally go fast enough to make an aerodynamic advantage either.
Nick thanks for the input. The G Body ones look really nice. 3.5 lbs a side is featherweight. The SPC lightweight arms (aluminum cross shaft) weigh 8.1 lbs. I would love to know the stock weight because the SPC ones look ALOT lighter than them.
How do you like the ride with the solid bushings?
Also bling factor doesn't matter to me because I will have a nice oil coating on them within an hour of driving it
How do you like the ride with the solid bushings?
Also bling factor doesn't matter to me because I will have a nice oil coating on them within an hour of driving it
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I will share this with you, and the board, since I have installed the G-Body front upper arms on my car.
All your criteria will be met and exceeded by these units, plus with greasable, bronze bushings you never will have to replace a rubber or poly bushing again. I have installed other units on customer's cars that were more expensive, but the G-Body arms do the job just as well or better in some areas.
They are available with the premium MOOG ball joint at a price better than anywhere I have found!
Nick,
I certainly like the idea of the greasable bronze bushngs and never having to worry about replacing rubber / poly bushings again due to heat related damage.
However, these do look a little frail....especially compared to the other aftermarket upper arms out there that appear alot beefier and robust.
Will these hold up OK for long term use on the street?
How does the ride feel with the bronze bushings?
If anyone else has had some experience with these upper A arms, please share your experiences and thoughts.
thanks,
dave
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I'ld be interested in how they ride with the solid bushing too. Considering them plus the front ls1 brake/spindle/alumium hub from flynbye and 17" rims/tires. Wish the ls1 fit 15s. Don't really want to lay out all at once.
What most don't realize is that with the after market design you don't have a non movable rubber bushing controling the way the chasis handles a bump. With the after market ones the arm moves more so the suspension can control the car better and absorb the shock of a bump. The ride will be about the same but because the arm doesn't use rubber as a cushion it moves easier. No binding issues.
As far as stregnth goes, these arms will take a serious beating and don't bend as much as the stock ones can and do.
As far as stregnth goes, these arms will take a serious beating and don't bend as much as the stock ones can and do.
I put the gbody upper and lowers on my car and weighed them with a cheap bathroom scale. 37lbs for one oem upper and lower(combined weight). And the gbody upper and lower weighed 15.5lbs. Ball joints and bushings were installed while I weighed them. I know the scale was probably not terribly accurate, but it gave me some kind of idea on the weight difference between the two.
I have had the gbody arms on my %100 street car for a few years now and they control the car a lot better than the oems. It feels so much safer. I know what the car is going to do at 100mph. With the stock arms it was a little dicey at those speeds. The ride is a little firmer with the gbodys but not bad at all. Zero issues with them and it's one of the best upgrades I did to my car.
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