I was looking at Hotchkis brand SFC's on MTI's website. They seem to be selling the weld ons at a decent price. Is this a decent brand? Also, when buying control arms, is it required to buy both upper AND lower or is one more necessary a than the other? I posted about this before but Ive had alot going on lately and now I finally have the time to sit down and order this stuff. Help me out guys!!

 

First off, Hotchkis is a great product. A little higher priced, but the quality is great. There subframes are personally the only ones I would put on my car. They tuck in great and have no clearence issues. On to the control arms. You have upper and lower FRONT control arms. There are no need for these unless you are planning on doing some major road racing. The rear control arms are a nice investment and there in no "upper" or "lower". Just rear control arms.

 

I have Hotchkis SFC's
They do tuck up really well, only hang down
about 1/4". I got them on ebay direct from
hotchkis for 130. Haven't seen any since and
this was some time ago. If I were paying
full retail I'd probably go with X types like SLP,
but I'm happy with them.
Hotchkis makes really good quality stuff, but
you pay for it.

Honestly I think LCA'a are overrated for a steet car.
I have LG G2's, bought them cause I got a good price
and heard how great they are, didn't see much difference
and I added a Hotchkis Panhard rod at the same time,
its noisy.

 

LCA stands for Lower Control Arm........4th gen F-bodys have no rear control arms.

 

I replaced the LCA's on mine but it was more an issue of lots of noise from the original equip LCA bushings,so I figured I would replace them with boxed units with greaseable poly bushings,which worked out great. SFC's are next for me,weld ons are supposed to be better but I've heard that the bolt ons are also good if you take the time to tack weld them after they're bolted into place

 

Right with the not loco steelersfan,
I forgot the reason I replaced mine was cause
my originals were worn out.