welded LCA's

[97rs4life]

I seen a person on here that had welded LCA's and I was wondering if this was a decent upgrade to the stockers. They took some metal and cut a rectangular junk and welded onto the LCAs.

Anyone else do this and does it work good? Just wondering if I should go 1LE or just weld them.

[viper98885]

This is a common way to stiffen you LCAs as well as your panhard bar. It's not as good as true tubular or boxed, but it's an improvement over stock.

[97rs4life]

that's what I figured, and sense I can weld it free of charge at my dad's shop, I thought I'd see if this would be a good idea

Oh btw, where did you get your energy suspension bushings at?

[viper98885]

Which ones? I have had them for quite some time now. Drop me an IM and we can talk about it.

[Dominic]

Its the bushings that flex, not the metal LCAs. you will gain nothing boxing them in or welding things to them other than weight.

[FirebirdGT]

Originally posted by Dominic:
Its the bushings that flex, not the metal LCAs. you will gain nothing boxing them in or welding things to them other than weight.

Agreed

[HBHRacing]

agreed also but to a point. The bushing is the week point but even so the stanped steal of the acutal arm will still flex. either way you look at it your still going to do better getting some tubular or boxed LCA's with poly bushings and kill 2 birds with one stone.

[WickEdSix9838]

I boxed my stock ones. At first I just had the stock bushings and it really didnt make one bit of difference. Later i added some Poly bushings and a TA and thats what made the difference.