If so who does, where can you get them? I have nothing against BMR but for two pieces of steel they are quite pricey.

Aaron

 

I believe random Tech. makes them, and spohn does too

 

Spohn makes some.

Check out :

http://www.spohn.net/category.cfm?categoryid=1042

 

Ok thanks! Im sure they work the same but for the same price (about) I think I like the looks of the BMRs better.

Aaron

 

Looks like 6 bucks work or steel, 10 for grade 8 bolts, and then a little bit of time with the drill and you could make them yourself.. provided you can weld.

or is it just me?

 

Thats pretty much what I was thinking..

Aaron

 

I have the spohn brackets. the are nice and heavy duty, fit great, and welded in real easy.

 

I made my own. Real simple if you have a welder, drill and a way to cut the metal. They made a big difference on my car.

 

Well, that's possible, but it wouldn't be quite as strong as the brackets that are sold by BMR. I have a set of them, and were suprised at the quality. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of breaking out the mill and welder and going to town, but BMR's brackets are laser-cut from a single flat piece of (very thick) steel, then bent into shape, instead of 3 pieces welded together.

 

But wouldn't 3 pieces of metal welded together actually be stonger then one piece thats been bent?

Aaron

 

I made mine out of 3/4" steel plate and I can assure you it's plenty strong enough.

 

Your right, I dont know about you but when I did my shear tests the steel broke first or everything just bent. Never my weld.

Also I would make it from 308 stainless, 1/4" thick, be stronger then what its bolted to.
and drilling compaired ot "lazer cut" doesnt have a difference really.

anyone care to take measurements for me by chance?

 

Yea if someone has a set thats not installed and would be willing to take measurements that would be great!

Aaron

 

I have the Spohn ones and we compared them side by side with the BMR copies when they came out.

The Spohn ones fit better and overall just seemed like a quality product. To BMR's credit, they do seem to continually improve their products based on feedback... I know one guy in the NW who tore up 2 of their torque arms before getting one that would hold up to a turbo'd 383. So they may have gone to the Spohn design since then (which has a piece of steel welded inside the bracket to insure the internal distance inside doesn't increase once you lower the LCA to the new bolt holes).

More to the point, the fitment of the brackets (and most importantly the width of the LCA that slides inside the LCA bracket), is more important than the boxed edge of the brackets. Seen the stock LCA brackets recently? not exactly the beefiest things out there and they hold 600+hp cars just fine.