Do tubular A arms make a difference?
Tubular control arms are stronger and often lighter than the conventional factory suspension components. Most aftermarket manufacturers also build tubular upper control arms with increased caster, which improves stability on a straightaway as well as upgrading your car’s cornering characteristics.
What are the two types of control arms?
The most common types of control arm suspensions are:
- Control arm type suspension.
- Strut type suspension.
Are aluminum control arms good?
Aluminum control arms are lightweight and corrosion-resistant. Since the ball joint is integrated directly into the component, a separate housing for the ball joint is not required, which saves money and reduces the overall weight of the control arm.
Do tubular control arms need shims?
The improved geometry helps the car track straight while heading down the road. The only way to accomplish this is by utilizing a tubular control arm where the geometry is built in. No amount of shims on a stock control arm will get the geometry corrected to modern standards.
Do I need to upgrade my control arms?
The most common reason to replace a control arm is to improve wheel travel as part of a suspension lift. However, a new control arm can offer more than just increased ride height (lift) and additional wheel travel: Increased durability in the arm itself. A wider range of uniball/ball joint options.
Which control arm is more important?
The upper control arm is smaller. The larger lower control arm carries most of the load. Both the lower and upper control arms have a ball joint, although the upper ball joint is often smaller. As the wheel drives over a bump, both arms swing up and down on rubber bushings following the wheel.
What do Upgraded lower control arms do?
What is the difference between forged steel and stamped steel control arms?
Stamped steel and aluminum arms have a larger ball joint that fit the same knuckle. Steel knuckles with forged steel control arms had smaller ball joint holes that match the cast steel arms only.
Do you need new control arms for a 2 inch lift?
If you are only doing a 2 inch level you do not need new upper control arms. Once you go above 2 inches you need to consider it.