hot_rod_hooligans
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I'm not a fan of radius arms, the way they can bind and tear up control arm bushings.
So I've been thinking about building a 3 link using my TNT belly pan as a cross member. The only problem with that is the upper control arm length is locked in at 70% of the lower arm length. So if TNT uses 3' lowers, the upper would need to be just over 2' long, and giving you a very limited place to mount it. I guess a lot of the time people end up either cutting into the floor board or doing mid arms. I wouldn't be able to do mid arms and still use the TNT belly pan, and I don't like the idea of having to cut into the floor pan then reenforce the new mount to handle the stress of the suspension.
I don't like the RK 3 link so don't bring it up, the lower control arms hang down too low for my liking. and by pushing the lower control arm mounts on the body up above the rails, you also push the upper mount up, putting me in the same place as above.
Then I remembered about the IRO long arm kit.
Though I don't like the design of the drivers side arm, and how you adjust it for pinion angle/caster. Kind of jankity if you ask me. But what if the drivers side was more like the TNT arms?
I don't see any of the binding issues that radius arms have, and none of the packaging issues that come with a 3 link long arm. Though IRO is the only company I have found that has anything like this, is there a reason?
So I've been thinking about building a 3 link using my TNT belly pan as a cross member. The only problem with that is the upper control arm length is locked in at 70% of the lower arm length. So if TNT uses 3' lowers, the upper would need to be just over 2' long, and giving you a very limited place to mount it. I guess a lot of the time people end up either cutting into the floor board or doing mid arms. I wouldn't be able to do mid arms and still use the TNT belly pan, and I don't like the idea of having to cut into the floor pan then reenforce the new mount to handle the stress of the suspension.
I don't like the RK 3 link so don't bring it up, the lower control arms hang down too low for my liking. and by pushing the lower control arm mounts on the body up above the rails, you also push the upper mount up, putting me in the same place as above.
Then I remembered about the IRO long arm kit.
Though I don't like the design of the drivers side arm, and how you adjust it for pinion angle/caster. Kind of jankity if you ask me. But what if the drivers side was more like the TNT arms?
I don't see any of the binding issues that radius arms have, and none of the packaging issues that come with a 3 link long arm. Though IRO is the only company I have found that has anything like this, is there a reason?
