thrilher

I am planning to buy a trailing arm from Willcox Monday "tomorrow", I'd like some input of the pros and cons of aftermarket items like this.I plan on reshimming this product same as my OEM and running it like that. any suggestions?

rcread

I've never seen bad aftermarket trailing arms for the C3, but I believe there are only two or so companies making them. I have offset trailing arms from Van Steel. They are excellent, high quality pieces.

Be sure to have the car re-aligned after you put the new trailing arms on.

Van Steel

Are you buying a bare arm or whole assembly? Rcreed is correct about 2companies that manufacture t-arms. You may have problems w/one of them, depends on where they buy them from. The issue, and I don't know if it's been fixed or not, is the brackets on the arms for the e-brake cable and hard line where it mates to the flex line. They were off by an inch or so.

thrilher

i am buying just the bare arm, i will be sure to ask them about the arm and who made it. i appreciate the response

Z-man

If you are not worried about stock appearance, you really should check out the T Arms from Van Steel. They are much improved units over the stock arms.

thrilher

yes i looked at their page i'll check into it..thanks

my2nd78

I just bought my trailing arms from tracdog, Classic corvette parts. They are reinforced, much better than anything that I've seen.

Twin_Turbo

reinforced?

my2nd78

Her's the thread that show some pics
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1507558

my2nd78

Thicker plate, continuous weld, end is boxed

Twin_Turbo

are they brand new or welded originals? If new, does he make them?

my2nd78

Sorry, I'm a newbie. They are new and he makes them.