First gen F-body controll arms

[Joker69Camaro]

Long time lurker first post here.

I had a quick question about controll arms. I have a 69 camaro and getting ready to rebuild the suspension. I am buying the TCI rear suspension and was wondering about replacing the controll arms. The car will never see track time and will be just a weekend cruiser. Is it worth replacing the controll arms? I do like a sporty feel to the suspension but just wondering if the difference is worth the price for uppers and lowers that change the geometry.

Any help is appreciated

Jeff K

[cheapthrillz]

I would recommend just doing the Gulstrand mod and incorporating good shocks. The Gulstrand mod does the same thing that most of your tubular control arms do.

There are two trains of thought for suspensions:

1) High spring rate and smaller swaybars

2) Lower spring rate and bigger swaybars

[cheapthrillz]

Here is a thread I started back in the day asking for help....

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32401

[Joker69Camaro]

Thanks for the info. Good read!

[cheapthrillz]

Thanks for the info. Good read!

No problem! "Search" is your friend... remember those words... "Search" is your friend... lol

[79T/Aman]

no upper A-arm can do what the G-mod does for the geometry

[Joker69Camaro]

yeah i know the gmod is quite the superior route. It just makes me nervouse cutting and drilling on the control arm mount. Its not the cuting and drilling that worries me, im a pretty crappy welder, and its the fixing it when/if i screw it up that worries me.

[cheapthrillz]

You don't have to reweld anything, but if you want it to look stock, you have to cut and reweld....

[Probird]

Just curious, what TCI rear suspension set up are you going with?

[Joker69Camaro]

Im doing the 4 link plain from tci

http://www.totalcostinvolved.com/productdet.cfm?prodID=1422

[Andrew McBride]

Jeff,

check out Carls information on the differences in stock vs. tubular control arms. http://www.geocities.com/casanoc/