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Old 09-13-2006, 10:05 PM
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Changing the front or rear arms have nothing to do with ADRs. The geometry of my rear suspension was reworked to allow new shortened upper and lower arms to accept the original uprights. My engineer did calculations on the design my manufacturer came up with for the new arms. He gave them the red light and inspected them once they were finished but before they were painted or any bushes were installed.
They are about half the weight of the originals.
ALL the A arms front and rear should be custom made and new mounting points installed. The engineering only has to be paid once as does the 4 different jigs. If you get the parts laser cut in batches of 10, the cost would be quite reasonable.
Talking to PhilM the other day I told him Ive had a lot of people contact me about the narrowed rear end. I suggested that if 5 or 6 guys wanted to do the exercise, they could get the engineering done as a group to share the cost then have one firm fabricate the whole lot.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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