Tubular a arms?? Do they perform??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jkade · 05-17-2007, 08:35 AM

I am beating my head wondering which way to go on the front suspension on my blazer. I have been thinking about doing the C4 swap and also going totaly tubular. Will I be happy with strong arms for the performance gain or is there any performance gain. I know tubular arms help with the angles on a slammed truck but do you gain any handling out of them? What if you went with tubular arms and installed a rack? I want to move my crossmember foward about 1.5" so I am going to have to do something with the steering anyways so I would go on a fabricate a rack in there anyways and do away with the old steering setup anyways. And if I go with the C4 stuff I will have to run adapters for my wheels or buy 2 front wheels which will cost my ass. What you guys think??????

gringoloco · 05-18-2007, 01:18 AM

Just do the standard dropmember. Moves the CL forward, uses a rack and is made for the ART arms with your spindles. Cheap(ish) and easy., and all the thinking is done for you.

BigTruckDriver · 05-18-2007, 03:36 PM

There will be a gain with tubular arms but I don't think you will be able to tell. With the tubular arms though you gain a little more clearance under the truck and they arms made for a lowered suspension so (I think) they will correct some of the suspension geometry of a lowered vehicle. But the biggest plus is that they just look bad ass. They are not a absolute necessity though for ridding low. Like Mr. LOCO said though with the dropmember you will have what you are wanting and you can switch to tubular arms at a later time, you know when the budget comes back up. LOL

I am going to do the same with my 65. I want to add the drop member but I cant seem to find a pick of a 65 at ride height.

05-17-2007, 08:35 AM	#1
jkade Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: AL Posts: 2,517	Tubular a arms?? Do they perform??? I am beating my head wondering which way to go on the front suspension on my blazer. I have been thinking about doing the C4 swap and also going totaly tubular. Will I be happy with strong arms for the performance gain or is there any performance gain. I know tubular arms help with the angles on a slammed truck but do you gain any handling out of them? What if you went with tubular arms and installed a rack? I want to move my crossmember foward about 1.5" so I am going to have to do something with the steering anyways so I would go on a fabricate a rack in there anyways and do away with the old steering setup anyways. And if I go with the C4 stuff I will have to run adapters for my wheels or buy 2 front wheels which will cost my ass. What you guys think??????

05-18-2007, 01:18 AM	#2
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,921	Re: Tubular a arms?? Do they perform??? Just do the standard dropmember. Moves the CL forward, uses a rack and is made for the ART arms with your spindles. Cheap(ish) and easy., and all the thinking is done for you. __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

05-18-2007, 03:36 PM	#3
BigTruckDriver Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 156	Re: Tubular a arms?? Do they perform??? There will be a gain with tubular arms but I don't think you will be able to tell. With the tubular arms though you gain a little more clearance under the truck and they arms made for a lowered suspension so (I think) they will correct some of the suspension geometry of a lowered vehicle. But the biggest plus is that they just look bad ass. They are not a absolute necessity though for ridding low. Like Mr. LOCO said though with the dropmember you will have what you are wanting and you can switch to tubular arms at a later time, you know when the budget comes back up. LOL I am going to do the same with my 65. I want to add the drop member but I cant seem to find a pick of a 65 at ride height. Last edited by BigTruckDriver; 05-18-2007 at 03:40 PM.



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