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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by texanbrit » Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:14 am

Wow!!!!

Now you just need to churn out frankenarms for everyone :)
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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by sportfan » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:02 pm

No one would pay what I would charge for them . They are very labor intensive. All braces are custom cut and fitted. Then the braces are welded in. The arms are set up on a mill and both the ball joint bores and rear bushing bores are bored out larger. Carbon steel sleeves are made on a lathe and welded in the bushing bores. Then the get powder coated. Then the bushings and ball joints are pressed in. On the plus side I will have very stiff arms that have replaceable NAPA ball joints and Power Flex bushings and won't rub on anything.

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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by MadFiat » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:30 pm

I'm impressed.
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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by sportfan » Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:07 pm

Here is what they look like ready to install.
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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by sportfan » Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:37 pm

The DNA lower control arms are out and for sale. See the parts for sale section.

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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by sportfan » Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:40 pm

I got the Frankenarms installed yesterday. I took it out for a couple of test drives and everything seems ok.
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Re: tubular control arms or

Post by texanbrit » Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:40 pm

Looks awesome! You need to make it as an foil/wing to give you some down-force lol
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2012 500 Pop (broken, engine rebuild on hold) - Popabella
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