My Ride Tech lower Strong arms are too narrow!

[bret]

What you are experiencing is the tolerance to which the frames were built. Since the OE setup used rubber bushings the tolerances were "yeah, that's close enough", as the rubber bushings moved to where ever they fit when pressed into the frame. The Delrin bushings don't move, so you notice it when trying to install.
We see it A LOT of this on the metric chassis, but we also see some tolerance issues with the A-Body frame, but mostly tabs that have been crushed or have moved on that application. I've even had the same issues on the commercial side with frames from the 70's through the 90's. The newer cars are a lot better about this.

Unfortunately there's no great solution. . .if we change the jigs to fit your car there'll be another customer on here next week saying it doesn't fit his car. The OE frames are just that far off from each other.

Every suspension manufacturer who is reading this is now quietly nodding their head in agreement. Everyone who has been the victim of your experience is now nodding their head in sympathy with your situation. As Britt said...the "perfect" solution does not exist. I will tell you that possibly another manufacturer has selected a different mount-to mount measurement that more closely mirrors yours...I have no proof of that, it is only theoretically possible. If you can determine that another manufacturers arms would fit better, I would certainly offer you a full refund on ours. It is more important to us that you end up happy with your hotrod than it is to sell an individual set of control arms.

OR...if you really want to optimize your suspension, AND solve your problem at the same time, Do as SSLance indicated above...take the time to plot your suspension measurements [finding out along the way that they will likely vary considerably even from side to side on the same car] contact Ron Sutton to help you optimize the precise locations for the control arms mounts and other suspension components, make whatever modifications necessary to achieve optimized geometry [and fitment of your control arms] and enjoy the benefits of a truly mapped and optimized suspension.
This is a fair amount of work, no doubt. Would I do it for a street car? Probably not, unless I intended to compete seriously in autocross or road course events. BUT, since your are trying to coincidently resolve a related fitment problem, the amount of extra work required to truly optimize the suspension points would not be huge.



I am not trying to defend our products or procedures, just trying to offer relevant information and a wider range of potential solutions. We will help in any way feasible.