For those of you that have aftermarket lcas and panhard bars I have some questions:
How much did they cost?
How much was the shipping?
How well do they work?
What are they made of?
What ends/bushings do they have?
Have you replaced the bushings?
If so, did you have to order them from the maker or do replacements for stock parts work?
How are they finished? (i.e. painted, powder coated, etc.)

For those of you in the market for aftermarket lcas and panhard bars some questions:
Would you like lower priced parts?
Would you like to order them unfinished? (i.e. paint, chrome, powder coat, etc yourself)

The reason for these questions is for me to determine whether or not to look into making/selling these parts, if I can do it for less. Also, I want to find out if anyone would buy them.
Thank you for your feedback,
Will

 

After market LCA's are cheap and made of some of the best materials out there. They are backed by the years of racing experience that the shop has. You would have to come out with something super unique and cheap to make yours stand out. LCA's and panhard rods are very simple parts that anyone can duplicate if they wanted to. They wouldn't though because you can buy them for $100 a piece. You would have to develop an entirely different look to suspension pieces by going with composite or alternative materials to grab the interst of others. You would also have to back up your product with numerous tests and FEA data.

You can answer most of those questions yourself simply by veiwing the online catalogs of BMR, Spohn, Lakewood, Hotchkis and Edlebrock. Seem like that would be the logical place to start.

 

No, that wouldn't work.

Too easy. Nothing that easy could possibly be worthwhile.

 

I've looked around a little and found them for $150-$200+ I was just wondering what people here have been paying. Heck, if they are cheap I may buy some. But I know some people can't afford the "cheap" aftermarket parts so I thought this might be an option.
Thanks for the input,
Will

 

You can get non adjustable ones for $100-125 through just about every mail order catalog.
Spohn has his non adjustable LCA's for $115.

I just ordered Spohn adjustable LCA's with poly/poly bushings for $175, brackets for $65 and shipping was like $18

There's too many good omes on the market now at a good price. Now if you had asked about this and done this 5-10 years ago, then you would have be sitting pretty for life. Nobody had them cheap back then