control arm and spring questions

[ss_shaun]

car 69 chevelle ss
engine 496
trans t56
rear 12 bolt c clip elim 373 gears
Ok i don't post much but I do a lot of reading. I cant seem to find the answers to my question. i dont race much anymore if that is going to be a factor but I am looking for some control arms for my chevelle since i am going to be changing the springs. My question is the following control arms no bad reviews but so many options i am not sure. tell me what you guys think?
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-1964-72-GM-A-Body-Chevelle-Tubular-Control-Arms,81680.html
http://www.ss396.com/chevelle/UCA6472-KIT.html?category_code=chevelle-parts

the reason why I am changing my stock control arms is because they are modified. I am not sure why but they have these big Nuts welded on to them. I was told its for a bump stop but they are an eye sore
I am changing my springs because its a really bouncy ride. My front springs are cut, but even with new shocks they are bouncy. So again so many options so here is what i was looking at. any thoughts?
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bmr-sp030r

with these shocks
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bel-2209ih

sorry for the long post

[Rod]

car 69 chevelle ss
engine 496
trans t56
rear 12 bolt c clip elim 373 gears
Ok i don't post much but I do a lot of reading. I cant seem to find the answers to my question. i dont race much anymore if that is going to be a factor but I am looking for some control arms for my chevelle since i am going to be changing the springs. My question is the following control arms no bad reviews but so many options i am not sure. tell me what you guys think?
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-1964-72-GM-A-Body-Chevelle-Tubular-Control-Arms,81680.html
http://www.ss396.com/chevelle/UCA6472-KIT.html?category_code=chevelle-parts

the reason why I am changing my stock control arms is because they are modified. I am not sure why but they have these big Nuts welded on to them. I was told its for a bump stop but they are an eye sore
I am changing my springs because its a really bouncy ride. My front springs are cut, but even with new shocks they are bouncy. So again so many options so here is what i was looking at. any thoughts?
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bmr-sp030r

with these shocks
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bel-2209ih

sorry for the long post

those arms are cheap because they are the same arms imported by RPC and sold on eBay by many resellers and they just have an account with big resellers like summit, Jegs, speedway, and others just look up cheap eBay arms you'll find many opinions .....the springs are good from BMR.....and NO to the shocks....dont cheap out on shocks...NO NO NO...use Hotchkis, Ridetech, Viking, UMI....no no no! on cheap shocks...the springs hold up the car, but the shock dictates the ride comfort ...cheap shocks will give a cheap ride, did I say no yet? the internal valving and dampning control on modern shocks have change dramatically 180 degrees from what it used to be just 10 years ago belltech, KYB, monroe and others are all selling you 30-50 year old tech all painted up with stickers

[ss_shaun]

those arms are cheap because they are the same arms imported by RPC and sold on eBay by many resellers and they just have an account with big resellers like summit, Jegs, speedway, and others just look up cheap eBay arms you'll find many opinions .....the springs are good from BMR.....and NO to the shocks....dont cheap out on shocks...NO NO NO...use Hotchkis, Ridetech, Viking, UMI....no no no! on cheap shocks...the springs hold up the car, but the shock dictates the ride comfort ...cheap shocks will give a cheap ride, did I say no yet? the internal valving and dampning control on modern shocks have change dramatically 180 degrees from what it used to be just 10 years ago belltech, KYB, monroe and others are all selling you 30-50 year old tech all painted up with stickers

ok good to know about the control arms. i was wondering because the ones from the rest of the guys are in the 1000s i am looking for something to just drive around. so in your thoughts on the control arms are a no?
I was thinking about the shocks i went to summit and put in for lowered cars i changed it to these
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-70010012/overview/year/1969/make/chevrolet/model/chevelle

[UMI Tech]

ok good to know about the control arms. i was wondering because the ones from the rest of the guys are in the 1000s i am looking for something to just drive around. so in your thoughts on the control arms are a no?
I was thinking about the shocks i went to summit and put in for lowered cars i changed it to these
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-70010012/overview/year/1969/make/chevrolet/model/chevelle

I might be a bit biased on these custom valved shocks for the A-Body platform. They are designed to bridge the gap between street shocks and aggressive race shocks at an affordable price.
Medium-firm compression valving provides crisp handling and absorbs bumps while still providing a comfortable ride. The ramped up rebound curve slows body roll during transition and gets rid of that unwanted floating feeling.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/upi-s130

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/upi-s110

If you have any questions or need any info feel free to call me here at the shop.

Craig

[BMR Sales]

As Rod said, the A-Arms are from China. Get good stuff or wait til you can. No need to Buy parts twice

[Rod]

ok good to know about the control arms. i was wondering because the ones from the rest of the guys are in the 1000s i am looking for something to just drive around. so in your thoughts on the control arms are a no?
I was thinking about the shocks i went to summit and put in for lowered cars i changed it to these
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-70010012/overview/year/1969/make/chevrolet/model/chevelle

I cant honestly in good faith and WON'T recommend those arms....I will give you some back story, about.....6-7 years ago I worked at a speed shop in Northern California Gotelli Speed Shop (http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrxp-1207-gotelli-speed-shop-50-year-history/) and there was an import company called RPC in Socal, they had new import arms and we were right there ....first to sell them, we sold them on eBay, sold them in our shop so I put a set on my 68 camaro, looked awsome, fit great, car handled well, I ran some autocross events and then the car started feeling woobly, tracking rutts on the road, I couldnt figure it out so i started taking things off and checking it all and the ball joints were so worn out, loose, the stem flopped around, they had 2 autocross days and were less than a month old, we dropped the arm line completely, but by now they were selling everywhere, they might be a good arm if you change the ball joints, but if they cut corners on the ball joint how cheap is the tube? how bad is the welding? I dont know? so why do the other companies sell them....because they buy them dirt cheap (we paid $127 a set of four back then) and thousands of folks will buy them based on price ....

[Rod]

I was thinking about the shocks i went to summit and put in for lowered cars i changed it to these
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hss-70010012/overview/year/1969/make/chevrolet/model/chevelle

PM me when you want to get shocks I can get you a little discount...depending on brands...