How much of a Difference do Front Lower Control Arms Make?
12-11-2009, 04:16 PM
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12-11-2009, 05:09 PM
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Night and day improvement. I have a 2" OME coil lift (about 3.5" of lift) and my caster was at 2.3 after the lift. The ride was sloppy and jumped around when hitting a bump in the road. I also had issues with the ESP coming on on banked turns. I added the TF adjustable lower control arms and set the caster to 6 and no more ESP issues and the handliong is now much better than stock. The whole front end now feels tight.
12-12-2009, 03:20 PM
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Sounds like this is a good option for me then. As far as the caster setting, around 6 seems to be the recommendation. Is that correct? Also do I only need the FLCA's to get these results? Thanks for the suggestions.
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12-12-2009, 03:33 PM
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Yes. The adjustable FLCAs is all you need.
The same rotation of the axis can be achieved with the uppers, but the range of adjustment the uppers provide is typically less.
The same rotation of the axis can be achieved with the uppers, but the range of adjustment the uppers provide is typically less.
12-14-2009, 06:44 AM
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They definitely help eliminate the flighty steering. Don't be surprise if you get a driveshaft vibration. While adjusting the caster, the pinion angle gets out of whack.
12-15-2009, 12:56 AM
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What is the recommended diffrence between the front right and left caster? If the front left is 5 and the front right is 4 is that ok or is 1 degree to much?
12-15-2009, 04:55 AM
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On my 4 door, I have 1/2 degree difference between right and left to account for the road crown on PA country roads. Seems low and I am going to adjust to a 1 degree difference shortly. I am still pulling right on crowned roads.
