Fabricating homemade l/c arms?

[pistonhead351]

Just wondering if it would be worth my time. My dad is a ironworker and a very good fabricator/welder so making them wouldnt be a problem. We also have all the material on hand. But would they perform much better over stock? im gonna make up a couple designs on autocad and see what i come up with. what do you guys think about this? anything i should look out for? i would make them stock length with poly bushings i already have.

 

[DocZG]

i doubt it, because by the time you buy just poly bushings, you could almost some of the cheap Ebay ones, which some people really like.

 

[niklid05]

Just wondering if it would be worth my time. My dad is a ironworker and a very good fabricator/welder so making them wouldnt be a problem. We also have all the material on hand. But would they perform much better over stock? im gonna make up a couple designs on autocad and see what i come up with. what do you guys think about this? anything i should look out for? i would make them stock length with poly bushings i already have.

anything is better than stock....if your lcas suck more than the stock ones youre not much worse than a late 70's ford engineer.

 

[85GTlover]

I don't know if this is true for both upper and lower or which of those but to strengthen them you just need to add a plate that attaches the two sides together underneath them. IMO it is the bushings that make a lot of the difference and basic lca's with just poly bushings can be had pretty cheap. If you are talking aluminum and adjustable....the price increases dramatically but I doubt you plan on making those ones. I would get your dad to make you some subframe connectors and a strut tower brace before the control arms if it were me and you have not got those already. But it is all up to you and you asked. I am also an Ironworker. When you say anything about Ironworker you should always say Union Ironworker unless he is not in the union....and I must assume he is. Good luck on your project.

 

[pistonhead351]

yep union all the way!