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Anyone have experience with HT-Motorsports spindles/trailing arms?

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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Default Anyone have experience with HT-Motorsports spindles/trailing arms?

Ran aross these today. Searched like crazy everywhere's but found no info other than their website. They make custom front spindles and rear trailarms that lower the car 1.5" without changing the geo of the control arms. Seem like a great alternative to center roll adjusters while shedding a few pounds of sprung weight. Does anyone have any hands-on experience with these at all?

http://www.westshorefabricators.com/Honda/index.htm


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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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those trailing arms look very familiar. i have seen them before...i know the search on here blows and doubt it post dates to far but try searching like "aftermarket trailing arm" etc...the company behind it doesnt sound familiar but the product does. the front end parts however do not. looks stout though. for some more info.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:43 AM
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How does that affect wheel/tire clearance with the front upper ball joint? It looks like to compensat they pitch the wheel outward. I don't know if that effectively changes the geometry.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 07:01 AM
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brandon...i noticed small variances too. but i looked at the pic both times on my phone and just took it for picture distortion.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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i thought that was a very old company from way back.....? i remembered seeing their stuff advertized in super street. i recently did a search for them, but thought i read that they had gone out of business years ago....

in any event, their stuff does look pretty stout...i'd be interested in finding out some more info on these.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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Good eye on that Phunhaus... I didn't even notice. I've been looking at these for years, they were sold way back to ~99 or 00 under the name Ryane motorsports. The price of them was always prohibitive to me (Im thinking it was around 13-1400 for the whole setup, i might be wrong though). Apparently it was for everyone else though too, I've only ever seen one set in person. That was on a show car at Nopi nats way back when.

Wasn't there another guy on here making custom knuckles? I'd really like to use something like this, its an all in one solution for roll center, bump steer, uca clearance, and just about every other geometry issue except for axle angle if its designed properly.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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I remember these popping out a while back. I remember somebody installing them on their car but not recommending them because modifications were needed for them to bolt up.
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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found a few more posts on it...
http://www.streetsource.com/forum/to...=112533&Page=1

nothing really concrete thus far...interesting to hear the info regarding the wheel offsets though, that could be a huge pain in the butt, making it not worth the effort of even running these. although i am still curious, having never even seen a set in real life.....
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 02:21 AM
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anyone else make aftermarket rear trailing arms?I need some and spindles.my wheels sits hairs away from the trailing arm after my small accident
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Don't know why I was having so much trouble searching for this on here, google found it though...

https://honda-tech.com/forums/drag-racing-36/i-saw-somewhere-custom-front-knuckle-but-where-can-i-get-2399264/
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