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Old May 2, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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Where would be the best place to get heavy duty offset trailing arms and half shafts? On Ebay there's a pair for $1300 ( item #2701164894320). thanks
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Old May 2, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Try Van Steel.



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Old May 2, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Ours are $1044 for the pair. 10% to forum members on these. $390 core. 5 yr, unlimited mileage warranty.

http://www.vansteel.com/index.cfm?fu...p=1892&ID=2784
discount code DD1002

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Old May 2, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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I got mine from Van Steel and they were a work of art.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by vettfixr
I got mine from Van Steel and they were a work of art.


i also purchased a set of double offset ta's from Van Steel
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Old May 2, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by vettfixr
I got mine from Van Steel and they were a work of art.
masterpieces
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Old May 2, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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I'd have to agree.





Bought the double offset TA's from VS. Rotors from ebay. GTR1999 rebuilt the new TA's with my original peices with new bolts/bearings ect.

Love'em.

Compared to stock TA's.

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Old May 2, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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I just bought Vansteel trailing arms with new bearing assembly's. Dan was a pleasure to do business with.

Now i just need to get off my butt and install them

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Got mine from Van Steel and they are so heavy duty that make the stock T/A's look like cheap crap.
PS get the video, it's full of cool tricks.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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Another Vote for Van Steel offset TA's. Real solid.

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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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I'm gonna build my own...
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Old May 2, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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That's cool. But If you never want to deal with this pain again (A real pain in the *** to disasemble and reinstall) than I would go with Van Steel, I got there double off set t/a's, rottors and brakes plus a custom shortened spring from VBR and I screwed up on the install, they had me ship the custom spring back and shipped me a new one for free. Can't beat that customer service any where.
Van Steel ROCKS!!!!
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Old May 2, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Go with Van Steel for the offset trailing arms. And, if you're serious about beefing up your IRS you need to read this:

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/1...e_irs_buildup/

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Old May 3, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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I got my offset T arms rebuilt from Vansteel too. They did a great job, couldn't be more pleased.
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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:45 AM
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I got mine from VBP, but only the arms.

They sent me also a rear SHORTENED monospring with a complete top of the line suspension package.
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I talked to these people - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...9432&rd=1&rd=1 - He said that there were big and small blk T-arms, I'd have never heard of this. He also said that they add material to the spindles and machine them to make a heavy duty T-arm(larger dia. spindle). Also he said the 2.5" half shafts are a thicker metal than 3.0" shafts and heavier. This guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about and very helpful. Has anyone ever delt with them?
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Originally Posted by 7of69
I talked to these people - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...9432&rd=1&rd=1 - He said that there were big and small blk T-arms, I'd have never heard of this. He also said that they add material to the spindles and machine them to make a heavy duty T-arm(larger dia. spindle). Also he said the 2.5" half shafts are a thicker metal than 3.0" shafts and heavier. This guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about and very helpful. Has anyone ever delt with them?
They look similar to VS's t-arms. You also have to incooperate that $70 shipping charge into the price. Not sure what VS's shipping is but I'd much rather spend the few extra bucks and get a product with a high sucess rate and great customer service then an unknown ebay seller who can disappear into the night.
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