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[deadchane]

I'm in the process of reinforcing my 93 - 94 aluminum control arms.

Before my welder gets started, he would like to know where the stress / weak points are on the arms in order to reinforce accrodingly.

Any guidance is appreciated.

These were just blasted:

[Che'_Moderator]

The aluminum.

[Kevin.]

I heard Kaplhenke has some super awesome control arms

[Che'_Moderator]

Kidding aside its going to be the hard mounting points.

[Kevin.]

Oh cmon Chuck it was funny and you know it

[Keaton85]

Those are hard to find!

Even worth using?

[Platinum850Wagon]

I'm running them on my car. No problems as of yet.

[tizio]

please delete, on 25 January 2012 - 01:31 AM, said:

Those are hard to find!

Even worth using?

Lighter then iron one, you can change ither way the bushing or the pivot depends on witch go loose, and you are not force to change the whole control arm.

[Che'_Moderator]

tizio, on 25 January 2012 - 05:15 AM, said:

Lighter then iron one, you can change ither way the bushing or the pivot depends on witch go loose, and you are not force to change the whole control arm.

But also not as stiff.

[Keaton85]

Che, on 25 January 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

But also not as stiff.

Is that from personal experience

[Johann]

Officially these arms also need different uprights which a slightly different shaped at the steering stop area.
As they are they perform well but hardly noticeable. Only advantage is the separate steering knuckle.
If you want to reinforce these I would say forget it and go for the steel arms.

[tizio]

Che, on 25 January 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

But also not as stiff.

True. For someone aka lighter wen hit the wallet .