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Old 02-21-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Default Will Lift Bars Improve Traction Much Over Stock Control Arms?

Planning on welding up my torque boxes along with reinforcement plates, and wonder how well traction was improved for you guys that went from stock arms and bushings to lift bars(and if wheel hop was totally eliminated)? As it is right now, my lower arm bushings are so bad, tires dont spin, instead wheel hop like mad. Not only that just driving around and taking turns the right rear of the car keeps side stepping and wheel hops even off the gas. Old arms have 170k miles on the bushings. When i took out the uppers the rubber was so cracked and seperated i was able to stick a screw driver in the sleeve and deflect the sleeve against the metal of the control arm. I do have new shocks and eibach drag springs all around. But you see, in stock form, the right side of the chassis in the rear takes more abuse than the left because of axle twist. i got an airbag in the right rear spring so at least that movement is eliminated. Already replaced the uppers with a tubular design arm with poly bushings.
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Just box the uppers and get some tubular lowers with urathane bushings.

They work great,i got a pair of HPM'S and the car launches good.
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