Finally got around to bolting my front suspension up together with polyurethane pressed into all 4 arms, though my lower control arm ball joints are both done for, for damn sure, but they'll have to do for now as I'm completely broke atm.
Then, my attention turned toward the front sways and endlink. I always thought the stock endlinks were dangerously thin for my enormous daizen sways.
Also, in a ghetto ghetto experiment, I laid my LCA on the ground and raised up the ball joint end of the LCA 3 inches to simulate a 3" drop. This moved the bracket on the LCA that the endlink bolts to up 1.5" up. This means that the end of the sway bar, where the endlink attaches, raises up 1.5" under compression, thus throwing the angle of the sway bar off.
To fix this problem and the problem of the toothpick-ness, and because we have less aftermarket support than a buick, I've decided to make my own.
Then, my attention turned toward the front sways and endlink. I always thought the stock endlinks were dangerously thin for my enormous daizen sways.
Also, in a ghetto ghetto experiment, I laid my LCA on the ground and raised up the ball joint end of the LCA 3 inches to simulate a 3" drop. This moved the bracket on the LCA that the endlink bolts to up 1.5" up. This means that the end of the sway bar, where the endlink attaches, raises up 1.5" under compression, thus throwing the angle of the sway bar off.
To fix this problem and the problem of the toothpick-ness, and because we have less aftermarket support than a buick, I've decided to make my own.
Stock Endlink - $62 per endlink
My ghetto isht - $40 per pair.
Though, I can't say that this is ideal for street cars since these spherical rod ends tend to require periodical lubrication and get dirty pretty easily.
I do have to space it out a bit to make it straighter, but I think it should work... hard to say as I won't be able to drive this pos anytime soon.
My ghetto isht - $40 per pair.
Though, I can't say that this is ideal for street cars since these spherical rod ends tend to require periodical lubrication and get dirty pretty easily.
I do have to space it out a bit to make it straighter, but I think it should work... hard to say as I won't be able to drive this pos anytime soon.
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