Z1 Upper Control Arm Issue

Zerafian · 04-25-2018, 09:09 AM

all I know is I finally installed my Z1 front control arms and they wont stop squeaking when I go over bumps, they sound like sh*t. They got lubricated as hell too. They even make noise when I turn left or right.

Makes me wish I would have gone with SPL. Making my car sound like it came straight from the 80s.

Im not even sure if I didnt do something to them. Started after I went into a dip in an entrance way at a slightly faster speed than I anticipated.

cv129 · 04-25-2018, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Zerafian

Im not even sure if I didnt do something to them. Started after I went into a dip in an entrance way at a slightly faster speed than I anticipated.

Pretty sure that ain't it. And if that little bump is enough to alter/damage a suspension arm, that arm is a safety hazard.

I've seen a car lost control, jumped 2 curbs (center median then onto the opposite dorection's curb), and alignment didn't change one bit. That car had SPL arms all around. Enough said.

Zerafian · 04-25-2018, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Pretty sure that ain't it. And if that little bump is enough to alter/damage a suspension arm, that arm is a safety hazard.

I've seen a car lost control, jumped 2 curbs (center median then onto the opposite dorection's curb), and alignment didn't change one bit. That car had SPL arms all around. Enough said.

oh yeah, it was kinda of a rhetorical question while thinking Id get a response like yours. I guess Ill find out, Im going to take look at them this afternoon.

Think about it, if those arms failed from a dip in the road, like you said, thats a hazard and scary as hell.

cv129 · 04-25-2018, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Zerafian

oh yeah, it was kinda of a rhetorical question while thinking Id get a response like yours. I guess Ill find out, Im going to take look at them this afternoon.

Think about it, if those arms failed from a dip in the road, like you said, thats a hazard and scary as hell.

Similar scenario....there was a freak accident some years back, when the OEM upright (which connects to the FUCA) snapped during a corner, sudden loss of any ability to control and car just went straight. Car was totaled. It was a member that moved from Texas to Hawaii. Same thing would've happened if a FUCA experience catastrophic failure.

Rusty · 04-25-2018, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Similar scenario....there was a freak accident some years back, when the OEM upright (which connects to the FUCA) snapped during a corner, sudden loss of any ability to control and car just went straight. Car was totaled. It was a member that moved from Texas to Hawaii. Same thing would've happened if a FUCA experience catastrophic failure.

I remember that. But can't think of his name.

cv129 · 04-25-2018, 02:12 PM

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I remember that. But can't think of his name.

It was member chrischhorn.

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