Custom lower control arms official EOI. Do it!!

ruleford · Post by **ruleford** » October 12th, 2010, 5:58 pm

good to here mate cant wait for when you design a pair for ef and els

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 13th, 2010, 9:08 am

Rollin wrote:The wheels are in motion, they're just shiny 20z so they take a while to turn

braad · Post by **braad** » October 15th, 2010, 4:50 pm

its interesting to see the differing approaches. whatever happens i just hope that we finallllllly get some ADR approved LCA's for e-series falcons!

superhuS! · Post by **superhuS!** » October 18th, 2010, 10:13 am

I'm pretty sure CMYWPN hasn't been laid in a while judging by these posts.

Nikk O'lass · Post by **Nikk O'lass** » October 18th, 2010, 4:07 pm

CMYWPN wrote:quite possibly, but he goes the wrong way about doing so.

Thats funny, coming from someone that has a history of hissy fits and car photo removals.

CMYWPN · Post by **CMYWPN** » October 18th, 2010, 5:43 pm

superhuS! wrote:I'm pretty sure CMYWPN hasn't been laid in a while judging by these posts.

haha. Good one buddy!

Nikk O'lass wrote:
CMYWPN wrote:quite possibly, but he goes the wrong way about doing so.

Thats funny, coming from someone that has a history of hissy fits and car photo removals.

This makes no sense. But yeah ok.... Also a good one.

Post by **needfordspeed** » October 18th, 2010, 6:22 pm

Keep it to PM.

falcon4life · Post by **falcon4life** » October 23rd, 2010, 4:31 pm

UPDATES!!!

braad · Post by **braad** » October 23rd, 2010, 4:46 pm

^^ +1

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 23rd, 2010, 6:12 pm

Will probably be test fitting them next weekend, then putting the car on the wheel aligner soon after that...

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 23rd, 2010, 6:45 pm

EF ECTIV · Post by **EF ECTIV** » October 24th, 2010, 1:54 am

looking forward to a set being available for us EF/L owners...

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 24th, 2010, 11:26 am

I have a question - how many of you guys who want a set of these are actually putting money away each week for the purpose? I have a very strong suspicion that of the 15-20 of you who have said you want a set, there will be about 3 of you who are actually saving up at the moment...

LUXO_8 · Post by **LUXO_8** » October 24th, 2010, 11:45 am

meeee

OED666 · Post by **OED666** » October 24th, 2010, 2:50 pm

Dude, I'll get a set.

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 24th, 2010, 4:30 pm

money is already in the bank. im saving for a house. so the house can wait. haha.
but i think some of us need the ef/el ones.....

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 24th, 2010, 8:00 pm

Yeah they'll be sorted, I'm not sure yet if I'm going to use spacers or get two different types of arms made. Either way, the EF/EL ones will be a little more expensive due to the differences.

bigdell · Post by **bigdell** » October 24th, 2010, 8:11 pm

when you get some ef/el style ones i will be keen.

superhuS! · Post by **superhuS!** » October 24th, 2010, 8:18 pm

I make 11ty billion dollars.

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 25th, 2010, 4:12 am

superhuS! wrote:I make 11ty billion dollars.

so your going to shout everyone then.

falcon4life · Post by **falcon4life** » October 25th, 2010, 7:16 am

^^ +1

OED666 · Post by **OED666** » October 25th, 2010, 10:02 pm

so... when are you thinking you will be getting a wheelo???

I'm keen to fark off my UPC kit, and go this way!

Gozza · Post by **Gozza** » October 25th, 2010, 10:38 pm

I will probably do the same next year, **** paying for el gt rotors an random bits

superhuS! · Post by **superhuS!** » October 25th, 2010, 10:40 pm

sdoylie wrote:
superhuS! wrote:I make 11ty billion dollars.
so your going to shout everyone then.

No.

XH XR6 · Post by **XH XR6** » October 26th, 2010, 8:29 am

Rollin wrote:I have a question - how many of you guys who want a set of these are actually putting money away each week for the purpose? I have a very strong suspicion that of the 15-20 of you who have said you want a set, there will be about 3 of you who are actually saving up at the moment...

I will 100% take a set.

Out of curiosity would the fpv 6-pot brembos fit under 18X9.5 drifteks?

Cheers
Ben

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 26th, 2010, 9:54 am

I couldn't tell you - do you have an idea of the diameter from the center of the disc out to the edge of the caliper? I've got 17x9.5s I could measure for reference.

suspect · Post by **suspect** » October 29th, 2010, 9:30 pm

XH XR6 wrote:
Rollin wrote:I have a question - how many of you guys who want a set of these are actually putting money away each week for the purpose? I have a very strong suspicion that of the 15-20 of you who have said you want a set, there will be about 3 of you who are actually saving up at the moment...
I will 100% take a set.

Out of curiosity would the fpv 6-pot brembos fit under 18X9.5 drifteks?

Cheers
Ben

I thourght they didnt, hence why BA2 onwards with 6 pots have 19s.

may be wrong though

67rce · Post by **67rce** » October 29th, 2010, 9:55 pm

Clearance issues with Brembo's is spoke depth. You'd really have to measure how much room you have under Drifteks and how far out the Brembo Caliper sits.

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 30th, 2010, 12:05 am

Drifteks are surprisingly roomy, it would be interesting to see.

Tiny update, the ball joints are in the arms and I tried to fit the bushes yesterday, as my plan was to trial fit it all on sunday but I couldn't get the bushes to go in nicely - got one inner bush in, tried a shock one and destroyed it, tried a z-bar (or caster bar, whatever you no0bs want to call it) bush and it killed that too. The holes are chamfered and are identical to normal e-series (I've done 2 sets of e-series arms this year without a drama) but for some reason these bushes just tear. I've never used Mackay ones before, maybe they don't like me, maybe they're softer.

Anyway, I'm going to have to make a tool this weekend to make fitting the bushes easier, unsure if I should try another brand of bush instead...might take a trip to repco or something.

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 30th, 2010, 4:21 am

are you using standard rubber or nolathane type bushes?

67rce · Post by **67rce** » October 30th, 2010, 8:58 am

Rubber.

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 30th, 2010, 12:53 pm

Yes, because everything else sucks cock.

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » October 30th, 2010, 7:39 pm

Rollin wrote:Yes, because everything else sucks cock.

agreed.

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » October 31st, 2010, 6:45 pm

Super awesome bush fitting tool complete.

Will get some more bushes during the week and fit them. I think I'm going to cairns the week after so the timing for this is pretty gay

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » November 5th, 2010, 7:32 pm

Will be trial fitting these suckers tomorrow. I expect there will be teething problems but I'ma have a smash at it and see what happens

Interesting to note that my direct experience leads me to believe that Mackay bushes are softer than genuine ford ones and are totally gay. Will be using genuine ford ones in the production arms I reckon.

sdoylie · Post by **sdoylie** » November 6th, 2010, 12:46 am

remember for every problem there is always the right sized hammer to fix it.

good luck with the test fit.

LUXO_8 · Post by **LUXO_8** » November 6th, 2010, 6:06 am

Good shit mate. Good luck with it !

BI6TIM · Post by **BI6TIM** » November 6th, 2010, 6:38 am

Dan did you try and fit those bushes dry? You should use some dish washing liquid, a light film in the hole and on the bush, that should have made it a lot easier than trying to fit them dry.
If you only put a little bit on, it allows easier fitment (and usually no breaks on the way in) and it will not affect the bush by being loose or degrading the rubber etc.

For the record, Mackay Rubber is top notch Australian made rubber, all Ford bushes up untill the release of BFII, I believe, were Mackay Rubber. Now the rubber bushes you're buying from Ford are Chinese.
The only time a Mackay bush should give you grief is if it's being fitted wrong or to the wrong hole.

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » November 6th, 2010, 10:59 am

Attempted to fit them with moly grease, white grease and the white paste stuff you use to fit tyres (it's rubber on alloy after all...) and had no joy, the mackay ones just squashed into a black mess.

I killed two before I made that tool to assist with fitting (which I've never needed before, I've always just pushed ford bushes into ford arms with a press and nothing else) and had to order another two to replace them. Bursons gave me one mackay bush and strangely, one ford bush. You could tell just by squeezing them with your fingers or attempting to push your fingernail into them that the ford one was harder rubber, and it pushed into the arm with much less of a botched abortion look than the mackay ones.

galapogos01 · Post by **galapogos01** » November 7th, 2010, 4:53 pm

So, Facebook says this is going well... yes?