i agree with you on that one...the toe arm does no good and from what i have read for quite some time is that the only thing that works are the SPC bolts.

also, good question on the arm joint pieces regarding the bushings.....anyone who can chime in on that would be cool

 

Protocav happens to be a mechanical engineer and he mentioned that he liked the SPC design for better then even the Kinetix arms that HE has... His main reason was that joint....

 

thanks miaplaya....hey, wanted to ask you....did your arms come in black or did you paint them? why do i ask, well because the arms that they show on the website you ordered from are a different color. i think black blends in better since the other arms are black too so that would be great if they come in that color.

have you installed them yet?

 

No they come the color I showed them. That was straight out of the box. Haven't installed them yet. As soon as I get my car back from Turbonetics they are going on

 

coool....thanks for all the info man....peace out

also, please post pics of your install if you can...laterz

 

No worries. I'll do my best to take pics of all items being installed.

 

If it's good enough for a mechanical engineer, it's good enough for me. I work with those guys on a daily bases. I guess he figures less moving parts equals less chance of something going wrong due to physical stress on the joint. Even though it seems to provide more free range motion, I prefer a more solid joint in that area.

I’m still contemplating on getting these even though my drop is only (0.6”). I have 295/35/19 in the back and still I am unsure if the OEM system will have enough range to get things back into spec???

see link below...

 

Well I guess it really just dpeends. And honestly for $200 it cant hurt...

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm,

More money...but that's kinda what I'm thinking. I would rather get it and get the alignment correct the first time at the shop when everything settles, than to have the tech say that's the best we can do back here... then I just have to pay for another alignment.


AHHHHH!

 

Yeah price of tires being what they are its just not worth it to say its "close enough"

 

miaplaya...when are you doing your install?

 

I'm seriously considering getting a set of these.

Zquicksilver, can you recommend an excellent alignment shop in the Chicago area? Or, should we be looking for a race shop?

 

Will be installing these looks like Friday....

 

I'm will be taking mine to a shop called "Tyler's". It's in the burbs , Glenview I think. There is a guy that does it by hand and the moderator from chicagoz said he won't scratch our rims

Search on chicagoz.com for "alignment," all the info should be there..

 

MIAPLAYA,

Quick question, do I have the right bolt labled "TOE bolt" in my illustration?

I don't want to mislead anyone...


Updated...what i have labled TOE bolt is NOT correct...sorry.

 

Zquicksilver, I believe the toe bolt is on the lower arm that the rear spring rests inside of, if that makes any sense. I don't have any pics but I found the info in my service manual.

The bolt you have labeled is the camber adjuster, which would not be used if you have adjustable camber rods (except if you have a serious drop, over 3" I think)

 

Well sorry fellas but my install has been delayed. My car and a guardrail on the freeway got into a fight and my car lost...

 

sorry to hear the bad news miaplaya...hope everything is ok man