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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 11:22 AM
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Well guys the time has come. Our tubular arms are finished. We have all the pieces to start making them. What I would like to do is get a list together for those that want these arms. There are 3 different sets of lower a-arms to choose from. Arms to except your stock coil spring and shock, coil-overs and semi-coilovers. All arms will come powder coated gloss black. Custom colors are available as well for an additional cost. Here is a breakdown for pricing.

Upper A-Arms w/out Ball Joints
$636.99 for the pair

Lowers A-Arms w/out Ball Joints
$674.99 for the pair

Car Set w/out Ball Joints
$1245.99

Uppers w/Ball Joints
$649.99

Lowers w/Ball Joints
$699.99

Car Set w/Ball Joints
$1299.99

These are will be a bolt-on deal. The uppers have 6 degrees of positive caster built in to them. We are using delron bushings in both the upper and lower arms. They are chromoly and the wall thickness is .095.

What's the advantage of these arms? They are lighter and stronger. Our uppers will save you 6 lbs. 3 lbs each arm. The lowers will save you 4 1/2 lbs. 2 1/4 lbs each side.

If you are interested in these arms, we are offering free shipping. I just need to know who is interested in what. I have semi-coilovers and coilovers available as well.

The pic below is to give you an idea of the arms look like. These are not powder coated.
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I asked this the last time..but will whine about it again will the cross shafts be available seperately? Sice I can't use the arms with my setup I built my own but thoase cross shafts sure are a lot nicer than the stockers...please please tell me they are available seperately
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I asked this the last time..but will whine about it again will the cross shafts be available seperately? Sice I can't use the arms with my setup I built my own but thoase cross shafts sure are a lot nicer than the stockers...please please tell me they are available seperately

for you, yeah.
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How is the coil-over conversion coming? I am about to be deployed for a year but will have some serious coin for mods when I get back.
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
for you, yeah.
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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How is the coil-over conversion coming? I am about to be deployed for a year but will have some serious coin for mods when I get back.
Fronts are done. I just want to know how many sets I need. Rears are coming as well if I get my laser guy off his a$$.
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Dan, how much??? I'm going to build TT arms Ver. 2.0 pretty soon
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I'm interested. Any possibility of getting a complete car set UNCOATED without balljoints? If so, how much? I'm going to be in the St.Pete/Seminole area later this week, any chance of picking them up?

"Rears are coming as well if I get my laser guy off his a$$."

Rear what? Tubular rear trailing arms?

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I think a rear coil over kit?
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Marck, why are you redoing your front a-arms?
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because they're on the heavy side..I'll redo them in 1&1/4th DOM tubing to save more weight.
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I'm interested. Any possibility of getting a complete car set UNCOATED without balljoints? If so, how much? I'm going to be in the St.Pete/Seminole area later this week, any chance of picking them up?

"Rears are coming as well if I get my laser guy off his a$$."

Rear what? Tubular rear trailing arms?

What stlye of lower do you want. Yes you can get them not powder coated.

Rear coilover conversion.
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Dan, how much??? I'm going to build TT arms Ver. 2.0 pretty soon
all 4??
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No just the 2 lower ones
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
What stlye of lower do you want. Yes you can get them not powder coated.

Rear coilover conversion.
What's the difference between coil over and semi-coilover? I'm leaning towards coil-over versus using VBP's transverse suspensions again and these looks like the best a-arms available and are exactly what I was planning on building myself.
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coilovers have eyelits on top and bottom. semi's don't. Semi's use variable rate spring and they mount into the stock location in the spring pocket. This is a semi-coilover
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Okay. Pro's and con's of each?
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Both are adjustable for ride height. Both have 12 points of adjustment to make the shock stiffer or softer. Both will bolt right in. True Coilovers will give a little bit of a better ride. Coilovers are cheaper than semi-coilovers by about $50.
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I'll take the car set coil-over kit then, uncoated and without balljoints. If you have them, I can pick them up on Friday at your location. If you need payment or a deposit, please email or PM me.

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are true coil overs cheaper than the semis??
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