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Dan, those control arms look awesome!

I'd have a set, they look fantastic. I'd even open my wallet and pay for it too

Do these arms actual bend under braking/cornering? And the plating stops this?
How about the upper control arms or are they reckoned to be strong enough?
Are we up-rating bushes aswell? Polyurethane ones?

Nice Dan, looks great

As the suspension goes up and down the arms try to twist because the anti roll-bar moves up and down in an arc. These plates stop the arms twisting but then the movement has to be taken up with the bushes. If you fit pollys in the anti rollbar AND where it attaches to the frame then your straining the whole setup a lot. I have kept rubber bushes in the arms where they attach to the frame. I had pollys in my old car and ended up swapping them back to rubber because the ride was so harsh and bangy and I found the pollys wore out very quickly from the stresses. The whole design is pretty poor really. It should have a lower arm similar to the upper arm, then the roll bar would attach with drop links.

Sweet Dan!!!! Yes the frame is a bitch to work on;)

Admin-bloke wrote:I'd have a set, they look fantastic. I'd even open my wallet and pay for it too

+1 on that, I need to do a front end suspension overhaul this summer and boxing up the lower control arms sounds like a no brainier.

What's the easiest way of getting this done? Does anyone have a plan of the metal components required?

James

James, when I get some spare time I am going to draw up the plates so we can see about getting a load lazer cut

Dan 6511 wrote:I am thinking about modifying the front arms the same way that Jason Monk has done to his,

Got another picture for you Daniel




I put a threaded plate on the inside of the chassis where the tank is to spread the load rather than nut and bolt it. All welding and fabrication done by me. Dan you said you changed back to OEM bushes on the front because you said the ride was less harsh??? I think mines improved with the poly bushes.

That looks like a brilliant solution there Jay