[Janusz]

Fxbill,

There are a number of manufacturers of tubular control arms, with some minor variations, such as the type of welding, the diameter of the DOM tubing and shape of the uppers (to clear the spring tower). You may save some dollars up front by purchasing unfinished units, but taking apart the uppers to powder coat them and then paying for powder coating, could be a break even. If you are going to get unfinished units and looking at powder coating, consider having getting the units without the bushings installed. The other item to take into consideration is whether you want urethane bushings or the original MII bushings. Heidts builds nice units and uses the original MII bushings.


JTT,

The Heidts lowers also sweep back as do many of the other units. The shorter leg goes towards the front of the vehicle, providing more clearance near the steering rack. Because the lowers are installed offset, the ball joints still align. The strutless lowers are provided with support gussets and dependant on the manufacturer, you will have to do some welding and in some cases cutting. Can’t answer whether it’s worthwhile to go strutless, since I haven’t gone there (yet).