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5 DOT 0 said:Are you talking about rear lower control arms? Obvious ones are from Ford Racing with poly or spherical bushings or Eibach. For more bling look at the Steeda billet LCA's.
jfolsom28 said:Ya i was thinking about eibach but i heard j&m ones were better. I want to lower ot tho so wouldn't i need a adjustable rear lower control arm?
5 DOT 0 said:You don't need adjustable LCA's, you do need an adjustable panhard bar though.
I do have my car lowered, as do many of us, and you do not need adjustable LCA's. I do have relocation brackets and an adjustable panhard bar. You do need the adjustable panhard bar to recenter the axle on the car.darreng505 said:5 DOT 0 said:You don't need adjustable LCA's, you do need an adjustable panhard bar though.
If you lower the car you will (should) need adj. LCA's because the angle of the LCA and thus its precise distance has changed slightly.
Also, if you lower the car, you (should) get LCA relocation brackets, which should require adj. LCA's as well to get the precision over the axle placement with modified ride-height, suspension parts.
If you lower the car you will need LCA relocation brackets to correct the LCA angle in relation to the ground. Adjustable tubular control arms will not correct this angle. Also as Rick stated you will need an adj panhard bar as your axle will shift to the driver side when you lower it.jfolsom28 said:I think im going with the eibach adjustable tubulars. That way i won't have t buy a relocation bracket to lower it just the panhard. Thanks for the help ill let you know how i like them
5 DOT 0 said:I do have my car lowered, as do many of us, and you do not need adjustable LCA's. I do have relocation brackets and an adjustable panhard bar. You do need the adjustable panhard bar to recenter the axle on the car.darreng505 said:5 DOT 0 said:You don't need adjustable LCA's, you do need an adjustable panhard bar though.
If you lower the car you will (should) need adj. LCA's because the angle of the LCA and thus its precise distance has changed slightly.
Also, if you lower the car, you (should) get LCA relocation brackets, which should require adj. LCA's as well to get the precision over the axle placement with modified ride-height, suspension parts.
I have an adjustable upper control arm which allows for re-centering and correcting pinion angle after lowering.darreng505 said:5 DOT 0 said:I do have my car lowered, as do many of us, and you do not need adjustable LCA's. I do have relocation brackets and an adjustable panhard bar. You do need the adjustable panhard bar to recenter the axle on the car.darreng505 said:5 DOT 0 said:You don't need adjustable LCA's, you do need an adjustable panhard bar though.
If you lower the car you will (should) need adj. LCA's because the angle of the LCA and thus its precise distance has changed slightly.
Also, if you lower the car, you (should) get LCA relocation brackets, which should require adj. LCA's as well to get the precision over the axle placement with modified ride-height, suspension parts.
I look at it as a geometry problem. The mount points for the LCA form the hypotenuse of a triangle and the LCA is the hypotenuse. The axle mount point is one tip of the hypotenuse and the vertical segment directly above it one leg of the triangle with respect to the suspension - it should be at a right angle to the horizontal leg extending to the front mount point. If the vertical leg distance changes (because the car was lowered), the length of the hypotenuse must change. If the hypotenuse doesn't change, then the angle of the vertical leg changes from right angle to slightly obtuse. And that's what you want to avoid.
I made a picture to describe this better.
Also, yes, you need adj. panhard bar to correct side-to-side placement of axle. adj. LCA's control forward-aft placement of axle.
jfolsom28 said:I did see the whitelines but are they really 100 dollars better than eibach?
If you are going with BMR, give Kelly an email. He is the Ford salesperson for BMR. His email is [email protected] He a really good guy to talk with and will answer any question you have about BMR products.jfolsom28 said:Gonna go with bmr LCA but what's the difference between the normal control arms and the billet ones is it work it to get the villet?