My friend came up with this idea. Weld some steel inside of and possibly outside of the stock lca's. He can do this for free at the shop he works at. If I could get aftermarket one's, I would, but I'm in the middle of saving for college (and possible some other go-fast goodies for the car ). Has anyone ever tried this before, and if you have, would it get rid of the wheelhop (or at least some of it)?

Ryan

 

Sounds like your going to end up with a paperweight welding inside and out. Just weld 1/8th inch plate accross the open end of the C shape so you end up roughly with......Cl This is what is refered to as 'boxing'. Yes it will work, but you'll probably want to upgrade your bushings too which are approx 50 dollars and a pain to swap out. Might want to look at new ones for around 80 dollars before you commit to this.

-brent

 

I did this a few years ago. I had some plate steel stitched onto the outer edge of the stock control arm and then put poly bushings into them. It worked really well for a low budget mod. But then I sold them to a friend of mine so I could buy the adjustables from SPOHN.

Tell him to stitch them; alternating sides. If you weld the entire length of the plate you will warp the wimpy stamped steel control arm.

 

Forgot to mention I was already planning on putting poly bushings on. My friend just said he'll have his boss weld them on (he works at a performance car shop) so that he doesn't warp them. I'm only doing this to last for at most a month or two, then I'm getting some BMR's or similar. Why pass up the free chance to get rid of some wheelhop now, though?

Ryan