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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 06:25 PM
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Upgrading suspension questions

Perhapps I'm looking in the wrong places in my catalogs, or maybe just looking at the racing only ****. But does it usually cost over 300 dollars to upgrade my disc size? I want to replace my A arms with tubalar ones and I can't find any that are less than 800 bucks. Control arms 300 dollars, come one.

I keep hearing one of the most important and best mods is upgrading your supension. But who can afford it!
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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 08:03 PM
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Re: Upgrading suspension questions

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Perhapps I'm looking in the wrong places in my catalogs, or maybe just looking at the racing only ****. But does it usually cost over 300 dollars to upgrade my disc size? I want to replace my A arms with tubalar ones and I can't find any that are less than 800 bucks. Control arms 300 dollars, come one.

I keep hearing one of the most important and best mods is upgrading your supension. But who can afford it!
for the rear i used the following:

lakewood trailing arms #20140 $83.95
lakewood adjustable panhard rod #20440 $87.95
prices from summit.

as far as brakes go, yes it is expensive to upgrade. your replacing both calipers, rotors, bearings, sometimes hoses, and other miscellaneous pieces all at once.
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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 10:05 PM
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what about the front? Control A arms, and such?
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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 10:26 PM
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what about the front? Control A arms, and such?
i don't know about them. the problem with lower control arms is they have to have a seat to hold the spring. if any company makes them, they are probably still the same weight. maybe marginally stronger.
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Old Dec 21, 2001 | 10:37 PM
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So we can't get tublar control arms
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Old Dec 22, 2001 | 04:37 PM
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If you want to convert to coil overs we can.....just look around, do a search and you will find lots.
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Old Dec 22, 2001 | 07:19 PM
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The stuff is out there but again it's not going to be cheap. Very few manufacturers with very little demand equals a premium price.
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