Re: Strong Arms (tubular) vs. Stock A arm
First I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome response. I will to try to answer as many of these questions as I can. If I miss one ask me again.
The shock mount in the magazine: The truck came to us with the frame damaged at both shock mounts. The welding was done only to repair the frame back to the original strength. The shock studs are available new. And the reinforcing bracket is our version of the bracket GM used on the 4 wheel drive shock mounts. We cleaned up the appearance a bit, but the true credit for the concept belongs to GM.
The lower control arms are available in an air bag version, the rear trailing arms work with air bags or coils.
We did not shorten the lower arms because there was a measurable difference in bump steer.
There is a new spindle and brake kit shipping in the next couple of months. The spindle is a 2-1/2” drop that does not move the wheels out wider like every other drop spindle made. These are intended to be used with larger wheels that the OE 15 inch. The spindle does not have a caliper mount cast into itself. Instead there are 2 large mounting bosses that accept a caliper mounting bracket. We have 5 and 6 lugs hubs made from billet aluminum. The hubs are a little wider than a drum brake hub, but almost 1 inch narrower than factory disc brake. This new hub will pull the wheels in away from the fender. We have 13 inch rotors in stock now, and Wilwood should have finished their 14 and 16 rotor kits by the time these spindles ship. We also have the rear big brakes ready for these. These spindles will be available with all of the ball joint tapers to fit which ever year truck you have. So we have addressed the need to narrow up the front end a little differently, and you do not need to buy new arms to do it.
If you have any other questions just ask.
Danny Nix
CPP
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