Suspension Brakes 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: Pot hole (I don't mean Denver)

Wait until they fall apart!

I currently have the ALTA garbage ones on the Rat, but I've got a set of PowerFlex BLACK's already in the mounts waiting for them to fail!

And yes I laid a little tack weld onto the sleeve when I installed the Alta's... No way was I going to trust some tiny little set screws to hold them in place.

 

It's about time!

 

Get the anti-sway bar before the Dragon and then take your car to a good shop and say set you car up like this. (See below)

These are the specs from my car and it has been set up like this every Spring for the past 5 years or so. My friend Menda and a few others all run this spec setup all year long.

 

As for weight in the drivers seat yes, they put another fat guy from the shop in the car when they do an alignment. :lol::lol::lol:

 

Lots of air tools on vendors row.....:idea: Have Mike at Helix install it while you have Lunch on the deck one day.

 

Don't need camber plates, you can get just strut protectors but they will add a bit to the handling in addition to giving a bit more protection to mushrooming.

 

Yup see that, ALTA it ALTA fit and work but it doesn't. :lol:

 

Let's clear things up a bit. There are several locals running these and none of them have had any issues beyond the noise that comes when the sleeve gets loose. There are no "failures" cause the control arm can't come out of the bushing. Only reason to weld the sleeve in place is to eliminate any noise.

 

Theres some nice plates out there.
Helix and vorshlag. Any difference between them all ?

 

Even though they all do about the same thing, they are all different...

It all comes down to materials used, adjustment range, and how everything is held together.

 

Not to thread jack but I have a question. I ordered the VIP strut plates and went out to inspect the towers before installing them. Am I correct in assuming that I have a little bit of mushrooming going on here?

 

Good morning kids! Kweshun.. I think i'm experiencing a tad bit of mushrooming on my driver side strut tower. After I hammer it/them flat again. I'm looking into getting the Craven Speed STD and M7(apologies for foul language Nathann) Strut tower brace assembly WITH the bar. I was looking at the threads at the top of the strut tower and theres barely enough to clear the factory set up. Is it possible for one to do both the STD and the strut tower brace and have enough threads left to hold it all in place?

 

Not if the plates and brace are separate products. I believe that the M7 brace has integrated tower plates. There's also a big debate about whether a brace bar produces any benefit at all, but that's a separate question.

 

No need to get both. Best value is the Cravenspeed product as you don't end up paying for a brace that simply adds some bling....unless that what you want.