tuna55 wrote:chiodos wrote: Why's no one mentioned cut and weld to length? or eve order some junk off McMaster Carr and make fancy spherical adjustable onesFancy spherical ones A) Don't last as long, B) Are more expensive, and C) Don't look OEM (and that is important here)
Ok now I am curious. What or who's radar are you trying to fly under.
dean1484 wrote:tuna55 wrote:Ok now I am curious. What or who's radar are you trying to fly under.chiodos wrote: Why's no one mentioned cut and weld to length? or eve order some junk off McMaster Carr and make fancy spherical adjustable onesFancy spherical ones A) Don't last as long, B) Are more expensive, and C) Don't look OEM (and that is important here)
The goal of the truck, in a mission-statement sense, is to make it look as if GM could have very well built it this way. If you had not looked over a 1972 GMC truck before, and you saw this one and climbed all over it, you might be fooled into thinking that it was original. The body modifications are minimal but helpful. The suspension modifications (lots of them) are OEM style and in most cases modified 1972 pieces. The whole truck is like this. A shiny turnbuckle and two spherical bearings would fit with this about as well as a fartcan muffler and a 'shocker' sticker on the glovebox.
tuna55 wrote:chiodos wrote: Why's no one mentioned cut and weld to length? or eve order some junk off McMaster Carr and make fancy spherical adjustable onesFancy spherical ones A) Don't last as long, B) Are more expensive, and C) Don't look OEM (and that is important here)
You forgot "D) Make a ton of noise"
GameboyRMH wrote:tuna55 wrote:You forgot "D) Make a ton of noise"chiodos wrote: Why's no one mentioned cut and weld to length? or eve order some junk off McMaster Carr and make fancy spherical adjustable onesFancy spherical ones A) Don't last as long, B) Are more expensive, and C) Don't look OEM (and that is important here)
Good call.
It still boggles the mind that you can buy an OEM balljoint setup for $15 but it costs $100 to make the same thing from spherical bearings which don't work as well and are way noisier.
07 ford edge is about 4 inches center to center from a quickee measurement on the vehicle.
dropstep wrote: 07 ford edge is about 4 inches center to center from a quickee measurement on the vehicle.
Thanks!
Dunno if you are still looking, but I happened to see the links on my 99 9-3 are very short. But they are right angle on one end and straight down on the other. For reference, the length of the shaft is about the width of my finger (1/2 inch?).
Wanted to also add 05 civic SI. They were under 3 inches but the car was lowered enough i couldnt get a good measurement.
New, more refined goal. Between 4.5"-6.5" with two ball joints 180 degrees opposed.
Maybe this one?
http://www.autozone.com/1/products/486110-sway-bar-link-sl240-duralast-sl240.html
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