Jerryl
Tall Unvaccinated Chinese Guy
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2004
Oh yeah, they will definitely bottom out each time you raise the front of the car. The bump stops would be a nice touch, but only the higher end a-arms have that and they are $$$. But you are right, I would've paid extra for a pair of these with a cross bar and bump stop attached.Hey hawkfan, understand they will never travel that far under normal driving conditions. The a-arms will however bottom out each time the wheel is raised off the ground though.
I know these work fine as I installed a set of uppers 4 years ago on the other car. Just saying the stops would be nice to prevent paint damage to the arms.
Would be easy to add as well.
It's impossible for the ball joints to be harmed in either of these two scenarios with bump stops.That bind isn't going to hurt the balljoints from normal jacking of the car up to service it.
They might get hammered if you jumped the car and the spring hammered them, but that's going to be a rather rare occurrence.
I have a set of high $$ a arms and they don't have it (hotchkis) had them for 11 yearsOh yeah, they will definitely bottom out each time you raise the front of the car. The bump stops would be a nice touch, but only the higher end a-arms have that and they are $$$. But you are right, I would've paid extra for a pair of these with a cross bar and bump stop attached.
When I was going through this I bought the QA1 arms then sent them back because of the rebuild able QA1 ball joints that they didn't see fit to design in such a way as to accept any existing boot. Nor did they design a boot that would fit. I ended up with the Spohn arms for tall spindles.I like them very much,but they could be shorter. The manufacturers of upper arms that are to be used with tall joints or tall spindles know that they need to be shorter yet still don't make them short enough. It's also nice to get an upper arm that moves the ball joint pad a little bit toward the rear of the car to create more caster. Likewise,it is preferable to move the lower ball joint pad toward the front of the car for the same reason. Adding caster with both upper and lower pads moved keeps the tire centered in the wheel well. Moving the pad on the uppers lessens the need for more shims at the back of the arm as compared to the front.Spohn has bump stops on their arms.
Don't use a jack under the middle of the engine cradle to lift the front of the car up. Use ramps. Don't jump anything. Don't leave so hard from a traffic light that the front wheels come up off of the ground and you'll be fine.Thanks guys..some good,info to digest....i feel better/safer..i think.