Re: [DML] Upgraded Front Suspension

["stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxxxxx>]

When I used to live in upstate NY and drove daily year round on all sorts of roads (gravel, dirt, paved roads that looked like Swiss cheese with pot holes, etc); my front end went through many ball joints and LCA -> frame bushings. My drivers side bushing is still trashed from 2 years ago. I've never replaced arb bushings on the car. I'm sure if mine being original held up like this (never left me stranded-just constantly replacing parts), Bill's would probably be better off. I've never broken/cracked an LCA-even when I had a catastrophic lower ball joint failure that ended up with LCA grinding along the asphalt until the car came to a halt; and I've never popped a spring from its perch. However, I am another to say that I hate the original LCA though as it does seems terribly thin. Other than that - if I had the extra money that didn't have priority over the needed fuel pump/system, carpeting, weatherstripping, etc - I may "upgrade" as well. -----Dan B.




--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "K.L. (KAYO) Ong" <klo@...> wrote:
>
> Mr. Robertson:
> 
> How well will your modified suspension hold up on the treacherous  
> streets and roads of New York City?
> 
> Kayo Ong
> #5508
> Lic  9D NY
> 
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:20 PM, content22207 wrote:
> 
> > I just drove from the NC/SC border to DC on my new front  
> > suspension: Byrne's LCA's *AND* Ed's outriggers. The combined  
> > effect is nothing short of revolutionary. This is the way these  
> > cars should have been built in the first place. If people promise  
> > not to crash my car, I will let them test drive it at DMA this  
> > weekend.
> >
> > Anyone who has ever removed their sway bar knows how floppy OEM  
> > LCA's are (let's be brutally honest -- they're unacceptably floppy  
> > even with the sway bar in place). Even before my sway bar was  
> > reattached, the lower "wishbones" had absolutely no fore/aft  
> > movement whatsoever.
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> >
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>




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