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Old 12-24-2006, 04:51 PM   #22
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Re: Tubular Control Arms

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Originally Posted by sixtysevengmc View Post
my concern would be the extreme angle of the upper ball joint at the upper control arm since the drive ride height will be considerably lower than stock,not to mention alignment issues.I'm assuming tubular control arms would fix both problems.
The BJ angle would be better than a stock arm. But.... when trying to get really low & airing the truck out, they will still be close to or in a bind w/o swapping to some dropped spindles (which they don't make for drum brakes).

You could always swap the upper arms side to side & flip them over for a less aggressive BJ angle @ full drop. There will need to be some 'clearance' work on the upper a-arm mount & the arms themselves, but both are easily accomplished @ home w/a small grinder.
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