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Old 10-30-2007, 12:43 PM   #1
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Need small favor, Measure length of rear track arm

I need some help, I bought adjustible rear control arms sometime ago and i want my alignment to be as close to stock spec as possible. Could someone measure in centimeters the distance between the CENTER of the nut and bolt illustrated in the picture attached below???

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Old 10-30-2007, 01:09 PM   #2
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Old 10-31-2007, 06:18 AM   #3
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Stupid question I guess, but why would you want to adjust the length of the track arm? i.e., why replace this with an adjustable part?
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Because the factory non-adjustible arms bearing cartridge was so old and worn that i had alot of chatter coming from my rear suspension at low speeds whenever i rolled over a small crack in the road. Also, because the dealer wants over $500 bucks for 1 control arm and Delubozparts control arms are $269.99 for a SET


"Price difference is big... Pacific Porsche sells the Control Arm for $511.76 with tax, thats $1023.52 for a set.

DelubozParts sells them for $269.99 a set. Thats a $753.53 price difference for a set."--Me
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Where in the world are finding all the non-fancy OEM stuff for Boxster on Suncoast website?

Half the stuff you've been linking to them I've never seen on their site.

*Nevermind,took a look at Suncoast site and noticed that they updated it a bunch. Looks like they are trying to give Sunset a run for their money at prices.
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Wrong control arm, im talking about the Rear Track arm
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Where in the world are finding all the non-fancy OEM stuff for Boxster on Suncoast website?

Half the stuff you've been linking to them I've never seen on their site.

*Nevermind,took a look at Suncoast site and noticed that they updated it a bunch. Looks like they are trying to give Sunset a run for their money at prices.
Blink, yes a ton of updates. And more organized now. I still think Sunset Porsche has better pricing on most items.

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I just don't understand why the designers of that part would make it to be adjustable. It's not a piece that will help by offering adjustment.

Now, adjustable control arms (for more front camber) or adjustable rear toe links (to increase the range of adjustment for lowered cars) would be really useful!
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2 reasons i can think of are 1. if your car was in an accident which damaged the chasis slightly which caused the caster to change on a wheel, since you have caster adjustment, you can now correct that... For instance, you pull into a parking spot on the street and you bump your front wheel on the curb as you rolled into the parking spot, that can bend your toe link arm and or throw off your caster.

2. You have a specific setting you'd like to achieve and you'd like to get your caster further back to obtain the camber you desire... adjustments in caster can give you more negative camber.


and maybe a 3rd reason why they are made as adjustibles.... the plant which they are made only makes adjustibles out of stock piles of different lengths of metal rods and they dont have to CNC machine a part to exact spec... probably easier to machine a bolt head to the end of a rod of steel and tap in some threads. Probably all cost related.
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Old 11-01-2007, 02:57 AM   #11
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The caster argument makes sense for the front, but these are rear arms we're talking about. You don't align a non-steered wheel for caster.

You're probably right about it being a cost issue. I'm just worried that people thing they need these to "tune" their suspensions....

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