Yeah, I wouldn't touch them.
But that's me and by all means report your findings.
But that's me and by all means report your findings.
Tubular Control arms
I know some of you are leery of offshore made parts, but $259 delivered for a full set of upper AND lower arms is hard to pass up. I'm waiting for Fedex to drop off the ones I bought for my El Camino.
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I bought a set for one of my Nova's as well. I disassembled them and removed the coating to see what they looked like in bare form. They where actually pretty nice to my amazement. Welds are nice and they key mount and joint areas are all in spec. I am getting them powder coated by my brother and will re assemble them and install them back on car. My Buddy also bought the Chevelle ones and just installed out of the box. he has had no problems whatsoever!!I know some of you are leery of offshore made parts, but $259 delivered for a full set of upper AND lower arms is hard to pass up. I'm waiting for Fedex to drop off the ones I bought for my El Camino.
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just installed these tubular control arms
I just recently installed these tubular control arms in question. Got them off of ebay. See page 2 of my thread here for closeups
Im a little worried about the negative camber that i have. It measure between 4-5 degrees on each side. Also, the car seems to sit lower, but this could be due to worn out springs b/c the springs came with the car and i dont know the history behind them (could be the stock ones for all i know). See pics below that i took last night. There is no adjustment for shims to push the upper control arm out (toward fenders) which seems like would alleviate this camber problem. The shims seem like they would be put on the other side of the shock tower/bracket which would bring the upper c.a. towards the engine, and cause even more negative camber.
What are yalls thoughts on this?
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Also, the lowest point of my car is now the lower control arms, which are a little less than 3 inches from the ground (i can barely get my closed fist in between the lower c.a. and the ground). This is a drag car, so i may be ok, just need to make sure they dont slam down and hit the ground.
I just recently installed these tubular control arms in question. Got them off of ebay. See page 2 of my thread here for closeups
Im a little worried about the negative camber that i have. It measure between 4-5 degrees on each side. Also, the car seems to sit lower, but this could be due to worn out springs b/c the springs came with the car and i dont know the history behind them (could be the stock ones for all i know). See pics below that i took last night. There is no adjustment for shims to push the upper control arm out (toward fenders) which seems like would alleviate this camber problem. The shims seem like they would be put on the other side of the shock tower/bracket which would bring the upper c.a. towards the engine, and cause even more negative camber.
What are yalls thoughts on this?
Also, the lowest point of my car is now the lower control arms, which are a little less than 3 inches from the ground (i can barely get my closed fist in between the lower c.a. and the ground). This is a drag car, so i may be ok, just need to make sure they dont slam down and hit the ground.
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I have 1 degree of negative camber. Looks like you have much more :yes:
Have you had an alignment done
an alignment wont help. as mentioned above, shims will only make it worse. after some research, it looks like i need an offset cross shaft, to allow the upper control arm to move towards the fenders, and give me less negative camber. See the pic below of my current cross shaft, with all the shims removed:
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Im wondering if This Global West Offset Cross Shaft will provide me with enough, b/c it states that it will give about 1-1/4 degree gain, but im at about 4 degrees, and this wont be enough.
Im wondering if This Global West Offset Cross Shaft will provide me with enough, b/c it states that it will give about 1-1/4 degree gain, but im at about 4 degrees, and this wont be enough.
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