Spherical Front TCAB Interest?

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I hope everything is ok. Sounds like you need a vacation. Work is not fun to deal with when things get hectic.

 

[Gimpster]

Arms showed up today, look great! Can't wait to put them on. Pardon the Honda engine in the background, my bench was full of junk from working on it :sadbanana:

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Those bushings look eons better than the factory crap. Now I'll have a reason to drive devil's lake after install.

 

[Italianjoe1]

They are way better, they allow zero slop laterally while being fully flexible. It's the perfect fit for this application, but they cost 20x more than a wad of rubber in a metal ring and they transmit more "noise" in the sense of road feedback.

Gimp, do me a favor and double check the tightness of those ball joint bolts once you have it bolted to the car, they should be plenty tight but I was doing it on the bench with two wrenches, normally i'd be using a bar and socked. They have locking nuts and don't require a ton of torque but just make sure they're all good.

Also, the bushing sleeve and the spacers are mild steel, i'd coat them with grease to keep the rust down. I was thinking about painting them, but if they get scratched during install, they will rust anyway so it didn't seem worth it.

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I'm used to the sound and feel of metal bushings down the road. Gives more response when cornering and with greater confidence.

 

[CorradoKev]

Arms showed up today, look great! Can't wait to put them on. Pardon the Honda engine in the background, my bench was full of junk from working on it :sadbanana:

Those look amazing! I’m in for purchasing these. PM sent Italianjoe. Thanks for putting this into action Gimpster!

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Hopefully will install mine tonight. Though, I definitely should've sprung for the removable ball joints :sadbanana: Oh well, I absolutely love the bushing design regardless. Thank you Joe.

 

[Italianjoe1]

Hopefully will install mine tonight. Though, I definitely should've sprung for the removable ball joints :sadbanana: Oh well, I absolutely love the bushing design regardless. Thank you Joe.

I don't think the ball joints are a necessity, the sealed ones are usually long life anyway, it's not like old cars where ball joints went bad every 30-40k miles.

Worst case, you can always add them later, just drill the rivets that hold them out, and bolt in the new ones.

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I don't think the ball joints are a necessity, the sealed ones are usually long life anyway, it's not like old cars where ball joints went bad every 30-40k miles.

Worst case, you can always add them later, just drill the rivets that hold them out, and bolt in the new ones.

I'm not too concerned.

 

[Italianjoe1]

Had a couple PMs from new people interested, if I can get another group together, I can make another batch of these. Should I create another thread?

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I would also advertise on Gamma2 FB page as well. I've found a lot more go fast parts on there that I haven't seen on here. Actually was eyeballing a CF hood on there earlier. Now I want/need it for my car.

 

[Gimpster]

Agree about the FB page, but yah.. maybe start a new thread. Would let you control the first post of people etc. Up to you I guess

Had a couple PMs from new people interested, if I can get another group together, I can make another batch of these. Should I create another thread?

I am STILL fighting to get my kids Civic back on the road, haven't had time to mess with these. I do have the bolts now though, so I'm ready to rock once the other car is fixed.

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I got delayed because the dealership was fighting me on my water pump failure diagnosis from last week. They replaced it under warranty, but it was the biggest I told you so moment I've had with a shop that completely berated me. Even got my diagnosis fee reimbursed and boy were they salty about it.

 

[Italianjoe1]

Well someone hit the sonic today while she was driving, not bad but left rear bumper/quarter panel area. Always fun dealing with bad drivers.

I didn't actually take any good pics of the arms I've made, I should throw it up on the FB page though, nobody uses forums anymore compared to FB groups.

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Forums are nice because you can have archived data that is accessible to people looking for answers. FB just seems to be the media of choice.

To the bad driver's, you can't fix stupid. Makes you wonder how some people even get their license. Hope repairs go well.

 

[CorradoKev]

You can confirm me for a set. Have you started a new thread ItalianJoe or did I miss it?

 

[Gimpster]

I ended up selling my car cheap to a family member in need. Never got around to installing mine, and selling them:

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/for...herical-tcab-control-arms-nib.html#post387206