Re: Air Ride - Control Arms
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Originally Posted by theastronaut
The main things aftermarket arms help with are adding caster, centering the wheel in the fender opening, or narrowed arms more fender clearance. They don't do anything to change the geometry for better handling unless you get Hotchkis arms that drop the upper control arm pivot point for increased camber gain but I think those are coil spring only.
You can redrill the locating holes in the stock LCA shaft by 3/4" to gain caster on the stock arms.
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While this is possible, you also would need to relocate the upper mounting points for the bag to keep the bag alignment happy.
* Aftermarket arms w/Delrin bushings might be better but the OG sleeve set-up works pretty good for what it is. Poly bushings are not any better than the OE set-up & prone to creaking/squeaking.
* The ability to go w/narrowed arms can be a benefit. Narrowing the track width may allow for generic back-spacing numbers commonly used on off-the-shelf cast wheels if leaning toward new rollers.
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