Hello

I have problems with my 325i i need adjustable control arms in the rear and i searched around this is what i found

http://www.understeer.com/onli...shtml


I dont want to pay 350 thats why im here trying to figure out where i can get the parts to make it my self

any help would be appreciated

 

so...what do you need help with EXACTLY?

 

Where can i find parts to make this or how would i go about it.

 

if you have to ask that... you shouldn't be doing it yourself...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AssItch1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you have to ask that... you shouldn't be doing it yourself... </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Seriously, this is not a joke. If you don't even know how to get started on a project like this do everyone a favor and buy the UUC parts. Not only will you endanger your life and the lives of your passenger(s) but you are endangering the lives of innocent vehicles on the road around you.

Automotive suspension is not something to be taken lightly.

 

well im just wondering how u guys would go about it like where to get the parts im guessing someone would just get chromoly rod and thread it or get it threaded then i would just need those brackets theres not much im personally fabricating just assembling but i have no idea where to go get these things.I dont see how i can "endanger" some ones life on the road like that.

or even this is fine i remember seeing a website that sells the eye bolts and stuff i just dont remember where

http://www.spcperformance.com/...0.jpg

 

$350 shipped for those is a good deal. don't be so cheap.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skeletal29 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well im just wondering how u guys would go about it like where to get the parts im guessing someone would just get chromoly rod and thread it or get it threaded then i would just need those brackets theres not much im personally fabricating just assembling but i have no idea where to go get these things.I dont see how i can "endanger" some ones life on the road like that.

or even this is fine i remember seeing a website that sells the eye bolts and stuff i just dont remember where

http://www.spcperformance.com/...0.jpg

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dude. if you don't know how to pull this off then i think it's safe to assume you don't know a bunch of other stuff such as the loads involved and i would venture to guess you could not sit down and draw out your proposed change in suspension geometry if someone asked you to.

you can very easily make suspension parts that will either make your car behave like **** under certain conditions or simply fail all together thus endangering other people around you.

also, a 3 series has a fairly complex suspension system in terms of bushing compliance and other such factors that make for a blurred distinction between the geometry from a kinematics point of view vs. a real world scenario where the suspension is loaded.

few amateurs are going to be able to guess their way through something like that. i assure that if you even knew what to do or where to begin that you would quickly realize that 350 bucks is a pretty fair price.

now you can either fire back some typical internet user display of qualifications to counteract our assertions that you don't know what you are talking about and all that will result is that you will likely attract the attention of people who know better than you that will simply find one of many *****s in your armor and pick you apart... or you can say to yourself "hmmm. self, we've got some studying to do"

get some suspension theory books. if you get half way through any of them and can't see the reasoning behind our skepticism i would be very surprised.

one of those "the more you learn the more you realize how little you knew" kind of things. don't take it personally. happens to the best of us.

 

I dont see any thing that complicated about this arm its a peice of metal and its adjustable once its on the alignment machine adjusts the bolts to the right camber and thats it. I dont have to re engineer anything just gotta get something strong enough.

well what ever thanks for your help/

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skeletal29 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dont see any thing that complicated about this arm its a peice of metal and its adjustable once its on the alignment machine adjusts the bolts to the right camber and thats it. I dont have to re engineer anything just gotta get something strong enough.

well what ever thanks for your help/</TD></TR></TABLE>

my skepticism is partly based on the part itself not your interpretation of it. i am not intimately acquainted with bmw 3 series suspension but based on the way that the vast majority of these suspension tuner companies operate that part may be less than ideal from the get go, never mind whether or not you can duplicate it.

also, when you say "i just got to get something strong enough" that kind of is engineering my man.