Global West Upper arms
Team Owner
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From: California
OP asked, "I need to rebuild the front end, and am considering aftermarket, Global West upper control arms, possibly lowers if funds allow. Anyone running these that would give feedback I'd love to hear from."
Only person on this thread that has personal experience with GW CAs replied, ". . .and they are amazing money well spent. The car handles the twisty mountain roads of NC with ease. I highly recommend them without reservation!"
Nuff said.
Only person on this thread that has personal experience with GW CAs replied, ". . .and they are amazing money well spent. The car handles the twisty mountain roads of NC with ease. I highly recommend them without reservation!"
Nuff said.
His stuff is awesome! His upper and lower arms are perfectly beefy and don't flex and give like other brands. Meaning your suspension isn't as affected by deflections etc. I also was probably the first customer to do the Global West Bushings, and you can't get any better for a Street/Track car!
I used to color code my upper shim packs to go from street to track settings and back. But now I just run the full race SPC uppers and they have a delrin bushing also, not as trick as the Global West units, but they are fine. The arms move up and down! Maybe when those wear out I will put a custom Global West set up in the smaller SPCs. I have the Global West uppers now on one of my other cars (the 68 C3), but I like the SPC's full camber/castor adjustability for my 64 C2 Corvette Race car and I just have a set of solid concentrically drilled bushings on welded stock upper arms on my 63 C2 Slalom Vette!
Last edited by TCracingCA; Oct 14, 2016 at 01:45 PM.
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Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Kirkland WA
[QUOTE=The Money Pit;1593240696]My original post was looking for real world feedback on Global West control arms,....and it appears nobody uses them. I searched online for reviews, opinions,.....nada. Which raises my radar to heightened sensitivity. If they do in fact make a dramatic difference,...why is nobody using them. How about other brand tubular control arms?
"So the question is dose the cost justify the benefit ?
I've had GW uppers since August. I have no complaints yet. We got more than 6* caster. My decision was based on the cost of getting notched stock replacements was only about $200 less than going tubular. Aside from the real or perceived benefits of added caster, del-a-lum bushings and bling in the engine bay, sometimes I am willing spend money on insurance when it comes to materially important hardware. Not because I am going to measure the incremental benefit from it, but for peace of mind.
"So the question is dose the cost justify the benefit ?
I've had GW uppers since August. I have no complaints yet. We got more than 6* caster. My decision was based on the cost of getting notched stock replacements was only about $200 less than going tubular. Aside from the real or perceived benefits of added caster, del-a-lum bushings and bling in the engine bay, sometimes I am willing spend money on insurance when it comes to materially important hardware. Not because I am going to measure the incremental benefit from it, but for peace of mind.
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Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Charlotte NC
). And I would put a plug in, so it doesn't slip!
I have seen people slot the upper control arm shafts and I get a weird feeling that they are hacking out to much material that is a part of its structural integrity.
I usually not not reply due to...they are doing it because someone has done it...then they can do it also.
If I were going to slot these shafts..I would start with something that has a lot of metal. And not do this procedure to stock parts.
So many people seem to forget about fatigue. But maybe I am just being overly concerned.
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