are these trailing arms even safe?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Irving texas
Racer
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From: Racine Wisconsin
Based upon the picture, it appears (to me) hard to believe that these could maintain proper toe alignment and camber under side loads. Norval has posted how to fabricate a "notch" in stock T-arms and maintain enough material around the notch to maintain the original strength if not adding strength.
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For the price I would just pay extra for an offset arm. It is hard to tell if they used some good quality plate in that modification. If not plate steel I would question how well they would hold.
Burning Brakes
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From: Baldwinsville, NY
No
That being said, I saw several hundrad at the Corvettes at Carlisle for sale used that looked close to new. Dozens of rebuilt units in standard and offset with pricing at less than $400 per side.
Those look like they need just about everything.
Those look like they need just about everything.
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