Hi, I just found out my LCAs are twisted, bent, just generally fuct up. So rather than replacing them with stock ones, I was just going to upgrade to tubulars or boxed, heres my question which brand to get, which options to get, etc...., Im pretty sure I need adjustables, but Im not sure whether to get poly ends or spherical rod ends. Heres why just in case someone waqs wondering, My car seems to pull most times, to which side apparently depends on its mood at the time, or how much weight its carrying and the such. thnx in advance.

 

what do you use your car for?

street driving?
drag racing?
auto-x?

if you let us know what you use your car for the most, it will help determine what parts are right for you.

 

Street driving mostly but I plan on autocrossing it.

 

well for handling you want spherical bearings (no bind).

but if you mostly street drive you car they wear out.


i would sugest middle ground.

spohn poly/spherical combo LCA's.
or if you don't like the idea of the noise and fuss of sphericals get poly/poly.

 

I have the poly/poly Lakewoods (square tubing), they seem to work quite well. You don't need adjustables unless you are trying to adjust your car's wheelbase.

 

Get the std rear LCA's from Spohn Performance, you can't go wrong with this type.

 

i also had the lakewoods on my 1988 formula 350, they put an end to wheel hop!

their about 85 bucks, poly bushings with greese fittings..

 

lakewoods are an excellent deal

 

Lakewoods. Best deal around. Made in Ohio, too.

 

where is the cheapest place to purchase lakewoods?

thanks guys.

 

Jeg's or Summit, looking at $80 I think.

I saw a set on ebay last week and the idiot listed them as "sway bars". They went for $50 or so.

I have BMR pieces and they are very good. They really got rid of any wheel hop I had. I got mine on a GP for around $85.

Ed

 

I bought the edelbrocks which have grease zerks, and are boxed on the whole length not just the middle like the lakewoods, they are more expensive however. I'm not sure, but they look exactly like my friends hotchkis, and he payed more for them. I like them though and don't have have any problems, i also bought an adjustable panhard from hotchkis, but edelbrock makes a non adjustable which is cheaper, but the same design, just without adjustment.

 

Huh?

My Lakewoods are a piece of square tubing with a short section of pipe welded to each end for the bushing...

 

This is what i mean, the edelbrocks are boxed all the way around the end, whereas the lakewoods are boxed tubes with "pipe" welded onto the end. These are just a little beefier then the lakewoods that's all.

 

Here's my BMRs:

 

Maybe there's 2 different Lakewood products...

Mine are square tubing with pieces of pipe welded to the ends. Look at the pic, they're as plain as day. They're not stock type sheet-metal crap ones. They're not "boxed" anything, they're square tubing. They are nothing even remotely like those Edlecrap ones; they're just like the BMRs, except they're square tubing instead of round tubing. The tubing is even about the same size.

Don't buy any kind of "boxed" ones. And don't spend more than you have to in order to get the level of product you want.

 

Not for nothin' but, i didn't spend any more for the level of product i want, and i don't see why you would be so against boxed arms? Anyway, to each their own, i wasn't trying to "convert" anyone away from lakewood, but i noticed that everyone was saying lakewood and i wanted to share my positive experience with edelbrock. Also, the edelbrocks are also square tubing, i used boxed as a synonym.

 

If you want the best look at Global west new (QUIET-RIDE) bearing type Rear Tubular Control Arms.

The web site link is http://www.globalwest.net/THE%20LATE...BAL%20WEST.htm


Jerry

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JERRYWHO
[B]If you want the best look at Global west new (QUIET-RIDE) bearing type Rear Tubular Control Arms.

The web site link is http://www.globalwest.net/THE%20LATE...BAL%20WEST.htm [QUOTE]

Too bad you cant actually see them. There's no link for them...

 

ebmiller88
where do you get the bmr's from, and is your panhard ajustable or non?

 

I got the BMR stuff from Chris at Nashville Speed(www.nashvillespeed.com) which is now out of business, unfortunately. He had great prices and service, but not anymore....the woes of personal business I guess. He does still have the site up with a COOL link to a C4 Corvette brake upgrade for 4th gen cars. I'll refer to this when I (eventually) get that '00 SS 6-speed car I want.

Back to topic Q:

The panhard is adjustable since I lowered the car. On a side note, I also installed an adj. panhard (also BMR) on my '91 RS because the rearend was not centered under the car which is at factory ride height. Proof that sometimes you need the adjustable stuff anyway.

Ed

 

You can order them from ThunderRacing (banner @ top of page).

Jonathan...

 

Thanks, I found them there for $109.95. Now I saw poly/poly/ And poly/rubber. what is that????
I know they are refering to the bushings, but is that a compound mix?

 

poly/poly means poly bushings on both ends of the LCA & the poly/rubber means poly on one end & rubber on the other end of the LCA.

 

That was kinda what I had thought the answer would be. Now why would you want to mix the bushings like that? poly/poly is way better than rubber/rubber or poly/rubber right?

 

Spohn poly/rod end adj LCAs.

 

You can also get BMR stuff from bmr here is there sight.

http://www.bmrfabrication.com/

 

Thanks for the link.:hail: