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Hutch · 05-09-2002, 07:40 AM

Question: LMC offers a control arm set for a 2 1/4 inch front drop.
Has anyone used these on his or her truck?
I know that most folks use the drop spindles but I would like some feedback on these lower control arms. My lower A frames are mismatched and the mounts that bolt to the cross member are in poor condition. The replacement of the mounts looks to me as if they would require new rivets to install and I am not sure how that would be done. Ideally I would like about a 1 to 2 inch front and a 3 to 4 inch rear drop
Thanks in advance

SCOTI · 05-09-2002, 08:27 AM

IMO the drop pocket style a-arms aren't a good idea unless there isn't an alternative. The bottom of the a-arm is a potential problem spot on stock a-arm trucks that have been lowered & a dropped cup a-arm would only exaggerate this. My old roomate had a 65 SWB w/dropped a-arms & I had a 67 w/drop spindles & trimmed fact coils, his hung up on a city manhole cover @ about 35mph & totaled the truck(bowed the frame & buckled all the sheetmetal)& mine is still driving around yrs later only bottoming hard one time in a constuction zone.

05-09-2002, 07:40 AM	#1
Hutch Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Grapevine, Tx. Posts: 2,140	LMC Lower control Arm kit Question: LMC offers a control arm set for a 2 1/4 inch front drop. Has anyone used these on his or her truck? I know that most folks use the drop spindles but I would like some feedback on these lower control arms. My lower A frames are mismatched and the mounts that bolt to the cross member are in poor condition. The replacement of the mounts looks to me as if they would require new rivets to install and I am not sure how that would be done. Ideally I would like about a 1 to 2 inch front and a 3 to 4 inch rear drop Thanks in advance __________________ John Hutchison Grapevine,Texas 68 1/2 t swb 68 Mustang 69 Jaguar 71 1/2 t swb 88 Supra CompTs6m 93 Escort GT 2005 Corolla XRS

05-09-2002, 08:27 AM	#2
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,914	IMO the drop pocket style a-arms aren't a good idea unless there isn't an alternative. The bottom of the a-arm is a potential problem spot on stock a-arm trucks that have been lowered & a dropped cup a-arm would only exaggerate this. My old roomate had a 65 SWB w/dropped a-arms & I had a 67 w/drop spindles & trimmed fact coils, his hung up on a city manhole cover @ about 35mph & totaled the truck(bowed the frame & buckled all the sheetmetal)& mine is still driving around yrs later only bottoming hard one time in a constuction zone. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*



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