Heath

Thanks for (most) of the replies guys. I was hoping to integrate camber adjustment into the UCA itself.....hence the reason to fab my own. JD I may end up going the nylon bushing route if all else fails. Last I was in Paul was busy as hell. No shortage of work for that man.
Any leads on the nylon? I have a sheet of 1" "something" that may work. I'm really not sure what the hell it is. It's certainly a higher durometer rating than Energy Suspension bushings though.
I've been made aware that www.bakerprecision.com has a wide variety of rod ends also. Some extremely high quality.
If anyone reads this whom has experience fabrication control arms feel free to chime in and post some pics.

stillnoturbo

I like the tubing from speedwaymotors but they have cheapo heims. Mcmaster has a bigger and better selection for heims.

0b00st0

I have had three sets of egay coilovers, not one has had any problems. I can see a problem with most sleeves though. The stock shock doesn't have an ideal place for the sleeve to rest on. Hit it hard enough and it will slide down and split.


They have raised their prices since I last checked. They are at $55/coil. A year or so ago they were less than $40.


Oh well.

rudebwoy

wouldn't it cost more to fabricate control arms than to buy some from ebay?

0b00st0

Yes, I got some Rhino upper control arms for $70 shipped on egay. Identical to the skunk2 pro, but w/o the sticker.

rudebwoy

I am currently running the megan racing ones for the same price teamed with SRR anti sway bar and K-sport coilovers. suspension game is the ----.

Tom-Guy

I defer to Weir in re Delrin. He's also the man to ask about sourcing. :P

If these are simple bar type UCAs like found on Civic/Integra, then swaged steel tube with quality heims would run less than the $70 somebody mentioned. Also dead-nuts simple, and a bolt together affair with no fabrication.

0b00st0

$70 for both sides? Unless you can get some serious hookups.

4 - Quality Heim Joints
4 - Swedged Steel Bars
2 - Ball Joints
2 - Collars
2 - Clevis Joints

From speedwaymotors all that is gonna run a lot. They sell pre-built ones for $75 each though. With ball joints comes to almost $90 a side.

BUT, you would have completely adjustable arms. Caster & camber.


JD, what do think you could get all those parts for$ ?

Tom-Guy

Huh?

I repeat:

Four quality heims, four locknuts, two swaged tubes will do both rear UCAs on a Civic/Integra.

0b00st0

Different UCAs. I was referring to Front UCAs.


You didn't mention "rear" UCAs in your post.


As for rear UCAs, washers and longer bolts work wonders. $3 at your local hardware store.