Hey. I'm thinking of buying a set of aftermarket lower control arms for my 90 si. I was looking at these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...98593

and wondered what the major differences between these ones would be:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...25233

Is anyone on here using aftermarket LCA's? What kind are you using and why? What is a good place to find them? I tried searching ****'s there was a bit of information, but nothing specific as to what makes good ones better.

 

Why?

 

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Good ones are made to fix camber, like SPC.

 

i remember hearing from KSR that you can use EG SRR lower control arms. the purple ones. :D SRR :D

 

I don't see why you wouldn't. They are the same part number arn't they? Doesn't anyone use aftermarket LCA's on here? What kind are you using?
Where is the SSR website, I can't find anything on it.

 

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I heard the same thing - but no one replied with a definite answer. Anyone know??

 

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Good ones are made to fix camber, like SPC.</TD></TR></TABLE>

bwah.

narrow the track to fix camber , yeah sign me up

 

surely there are other benefits - such as lower unsprung weight, more strength, more adjustibility, blang blang.
That said $200 can chrome dip a lot of ****.

 

That's a good quesiton im wondering about too. I know of some that the drop shop sells that are supposed to be pretty decent to allow for bigger wheels/tires and correct the camber. I just hate the price on them...$200 for a pair of LCA's is rediculous!

 

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its not like its ten lbs , its 1-2 at best...

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doubtful

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nope.

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um , sure.

thats not my department...

 

The only reason I can think of to use the billet LCA's is for the stiffer bushings. I guess not going through the pain of swapping the OEM LCA bushings for poly bushings is more than enough justification to buy a 200 dollar part. I would just use the OEM LCA's if you ask me.

 

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I heard the same thing - but no one replied with a definite answer. Anyone know??</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, they DEFINATELY fit, i have them on my crx, i have pictures somewhere but i have to find them, but they fit without ANY modification

i remember when i was purchasing them i too was looking for a definate answer, and it took me a while before somebody told me for sure, but now you know

edit: for reference, i have the SRR rear lca's



Modified by xjoe at 5:20 PM 1/17/2004

 

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Good ones are made to fix camber, like SPC.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you can "fix" camber by just shimming the upper arm at the chassis anchor.

but ive not found any amount of negative camber that you get from lowering a car even to the lowest to be anything excessive, more like beneficial to handling and no noticable extra wear on tires. so basically im saying i dont see a point in "billet" lca, stiffer bushing or not.

 

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so basically im saying i dont see a point in "billet" lca, stiffer bushing or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats the thing , they narrow the track to fix camber which I dont agree with AND the bushings are OEM durometer for the sake of all the wusses.

I spoke with a few companies and they all say same durometer as stock , yuck.

 

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thats the thing , they narrow the track to fix camber which I dont agree with AND the bushings are OEM durometer for the sake of all the wusses.

I spoke with a few companies and they all say same durometer as stock , yuck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hahahaha LOL man you are telling it like it is bro! good one damm wusses Rob