Tubular contro arms, any interest??

[Denis]

 2cm idam SS  bar with a fork at the end with a 90 Audi ball joint on the
forrk, and urethane at tthe other end , sounds good for me.

Denis Julien

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Mangas <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
To: <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; <Martin at quattro.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Tubular contro arms, any interest??


>
>   Yeah, those are 'stock' ball joints, Lemforder, Moog, or TRW; I was just
> carrying forward your idea of comparing the price to OEM type bits.  I was
> hoping that Energy urethane bushings *would* last longer than the
stockers,
> but I can't really speak from experience on that front.  I'd buy urethane
if
> it was available though; stiffer than stock, not as hard as delrin.
Should
> also be dirt cheap in either of those applications.
>
> >From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> >Reply-To: audi at humanspeakers.com
> >To: Robert Mangas <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
> >CC: Martin at quattro.ca,  urq at audifans.com,  quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: Tubular contro arms, any interest??
> >Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:38:56 -0500
> >
> >
> >
> >>Zygmunt has front ball joints for just over $20 and rears for $50 (!).
> >
> >Are those for the "stock" ones?  I think Martin was talking about using
> >some other type of ball joint (different mounting to CA, perhaps?).  I
may
> >also have read him wrong...
> >
> >>(tip- make the arm so it can use a common Energy bushing, like a Honda
or
> >>Chevy)
> >
> >That is also a good point.  Although, the "stock" bushings are fairly
> >cheap.  Would the "common" bushings be any easier to change, or perhaps
> >even last longer?
> >
> >--
> >Huw Powell
> >
> >http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
> >
> >http://www.humanthoughts.org/
> >
>
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