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Old 09-14-2003, 03:19 PM   #1
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tubular control arms?

anyone make some tubular control arms to drop some weight off the front end?
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Old 09-14-2003, 05:40 PM   #2
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Are you talking about stock hight and not dropped?

If so i've been looking for some too but haven't been able to find any one who makes them.

There's a but load of outfit's that mfg. lowered tubelar control arm's.
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Old 09-14-2003, 05:49 PM   #3
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whats the diff? do the lowered control arms just correct the geometry or actually lower the truck?
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Old 09-14-2003, 05:54 PM   #4
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how much do they lower and who sells a nice set of uppers and lowers?
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Old 09-14-2003, 06:12 PM   #5
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Try Turner Enterprises . They have what you are looking for. Also look in the suspension forum here. There are quit a few threads about this subject...
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Old 09-14-2003, 06:15 PM   #6
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how much do they lower and who sells a nice set of uppers and lowers?
You can get DJM uppers and lowers.


Lowers with the djm cross shaft


Lowers using stock cross shaft


Uppers with djm cross shaft
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Old 09-14-2003, 06:46 PM   #7
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And they got non graphite bushings in them. Can we say squeaks?
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