has anyone ever fabb'd up any type of tubular control arm, or A-arm like mustangs have, kinda like a 4 wheeler has, i know if the weight of a mustang can be supported so can ahonda, but how come we never see them

 

You'll get more strength if you use square or rectangular tubing.

 

I am in the process of making a set for my Lotus 7... I will keep u updated.

 

you better make a set out of some thick wall chromoly, with a good set of heims, uniballs, or whatever you are gonna use to attach them to the rest of the supesion with.


Z10 made a set for angela proudfoots civic, i dunno where the hell you would find pics though, ..... they didnt use the conventional honda "fork" with the shock, but the built a "triangle" on the control arm, and made the shock mount on the top of the triangle.

competion engineering also sells them(but i hear they are junk)

id have a damn set of lower custom control arms if the dude that was making them would get off his ****** ***.

 

Dturbocivic: man you alright??? you sound like you got some aggression built up!!!! J/K


yeah i was thinking some smaller squared style tubing, not sure of what exact material yet....... but i would like to get something lighter, i have been doing this for years on my built honda motocross 4 wheelers, they use aluminum and im sure weight is a key factor but they still can only take so much abuse from weight.

but damn are they light and make the quad handle so much better than a factory set, i know it has to do with width in this situation but ball joint angle, radius rod style connections are also the key in the equation as well.