BMR A-Arm warning

[Mad Hatter]

Hi, just to share my recent experience..... I Know ...many of you have told me this was going to happen........ Now is your legit time to say.... I TOLD YOU SO.....

Went up on a new, just installed, piano that had a small drop on the outsite. I guess the curb tapped the BMR A-arm and it snapped just where to two tubes join to one on the back support though thats a guess.

I had a true floating front left suspension!!! The car went on smoothly with no weird notice till I braked at a 135mph.... then the wheel pushed back and bent the fender.... pitted the car and at least the new r7 just had a slight rain groove cut into it!!!

Luck would have it that I could make the next day with one stock A arm that I had handy.

Going back to stock A arms and will put sphericals on them.

 

[TMSBOSS]

Wow! Glad the lesson was not an expensive one.

A bent fender and likely soiled driving suit is not a bad outcome when you consider what was possible.

Back on track the next day, good news.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Thanks, was lucky!!! It was at bad day a the track, my buddy totaled his ZL1 into the wall... He was fine but the car is shorter now

 

[TMSBOSS]

Damn. Sorry to hear that.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Glad you are OK.

Piano?

 

[2012Boss302]

Piano?

I'm guessing that's rumble strips in Chile......

 

[docs302]

Hey, could have been much worse so glad you can fight another day. I was on the fence with which A arm to buy, Steeda or BMR and decided on the stock arms with upgraded bushings and ball joints from Steeda. I know others have the BMR arms but I just thought they looked a bit fragile compared to the stock pieces.

 

[Grant 302]

Glad you and the car made it through alright. Lesson learned.

 

[Mad Hatter]

I'm guessing that's rumble strips in Chile......

Brain freeze, could not get it out in English..... been here too long!!

 

[TymeSlayer]

It broke on the weld seam?

 

[OPMustang Tim]

Matthew happy to hear you are safe and it is repairable.

 

[Mad Hatter]

It broke on the weld seam?

Here are some pics of the failed A-arm.

 

[TMSBOSS]

You should be able to tack that back together.

OMG.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Lol.... Think I prefer the big ugly OEM ones better now.. Even if they are not red.... Funny thing was the car felt a "little" off while braking but not as bad as you would think.... I seem to have been lucky..

It broke just getting on to the main straight and I went full ahead till the braking zone at the end.... Can not explain why nothing special happened.

 

[TymeSlayer]

Not where I expected it to break. Did you send these pictures to BMR?

 

[BigTaco]

BMR will likely replace the arm for free, but...

Boss 302S arms and bushings should be looking really good to you right now.

 

[TymeSlayer]

I checked mine this morning and they look fine but I'll be keeping a close eye on them. I liked them because they took off almost 12 pounds off the front end.

 

[Mad Hatter]

I'll send the pics to BMR. But to be honest I think I would prefer that they weight 12 pounds more ..... and don't fail!! I went over the A arms carefully the week before looking for any signs of failure... I seems that the knock from the curb was stornger then I felt. Did not notice the actual hit, found out later by the bits of cement on the bottom of the car.......

Its not like it launched the car in the air or anything like that.

 

[Nvrfinished]

Wow... that is an impressive break. It's interesting how it broke directly above the inside plate brace. More than likely the arm absorbed most of the impact while incurring the break and is the reason why it didn't feel as strong of a hit.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Chilean - Piano
Western US - rumple strips
Southeastern US - elephant turds

All the same