Originally posted by scottd60:
Originally posted by RogerB:
Originally posted by GForceAuto:
So let me know if you're interested, if not let me know why you're not interested.
--Adam
Not. It's overkill for my needs/budget. I'm an occasional autocrosser, but I have to keep the car streetable.
I'm also leery of tightening up the front end. Seems to me that I would induce more understeer. Only way these would be good is if I boxed in the rear control arms, and used tubular rear toe-control arms and put solid joints all over the rear end, to boot.
You mean like this...Tubular rear toe-control arms http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=susp&Number=665614&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1
Originally posted by NVSVT:
I agree with dion, I�m interested if you do a set with neoprene bushings. But you have got to do better than $499! I�m sure that you can cut $100 from the price if you swap the expensive Heim joints for neoprene bushings. Make the lower control arms with neoprene bushings at $400 a set and I�ll buy one set for sure and maybe two.
As for the price...don't get me wrong I would like a lower price as well but, look at some other car prices for tubular lower control arms and you will see that the price is pretty much in line especially for the low demand on the Contour. Example: at Summit... Hotchkis Tubular A-Arm for GM A&G body $516. Now for the Mustang QA1 Motorsports offers ECO Street Tubular Front Control Arms for $170 and Pro-Comp Tubular Front Control Arms for $350 but supply and demand play a BIG part here.
Yes, I mean those toe-control arms precisely, and no, I'm not saying that GForce should offer their product at a lower price.
I'm saying that this is a serious piece of equipment that should be accompanied by other modifications and parts that, in total, will run to a very high dollar amount, and that the end result will be barely suitable as a daily driver.
I'm saying that, if anything, I wish someone would offer a streetable improvement over the stock piece that would be more durable and amenable to lowering. (Presently, lowering the car puts the bonded rubber bushings in constant flex=rapid deterioration.) I know TH has been working on this/promising this for a long time, but has been too busy with other projects to get it done. I can't wait anymore. My suspension is shot and I'm upgrading it this spring.
Last edited by RogerB; 12/17/04 06:05 PM.
