Spohn Adj UCA, are they any good.

[SuperSonic05]

I am looking to buy adj upper control arm. I going to go with J&M Adj uca but then I found Spohn Adj uca for a lot cheap. I haven’t heard of Spohn and I am always worried about quality of an something that are that much cheaper then the rest, so I wanted to know what you guys think of them?

 

[radmustangs]

Why not just a BMR or metco?

 

[SuperSonic05]

BMR is $20 more then J&M and I heard J&M has a better bushings. Metco I haven't looked into.

 

[Rangersfan]

I'm just going to throw my .02$ in on that part. First off, you get what you pay for, and that won't be much with them. There statement that a poly bushing will cause COMPLETE suspension bind is BS. If that's the case, what does the factory rubber bushing do then? They have no problem offering a poly rear bushing though?

Secondly, the mounting bracket on the axle side is not a boxed design. This can allow the rear mounting bracket to flex under high stress launches due to everything being held together by just the bolt. I would pay a few more bucks and get a better designed and made part.

 

[BigEdJr]

I have the J&M LCA's. I like them. Eventually I will be getting their UCA too. I like the engineering of their parts, because they seem to have focused on those of us who like to do more than just go straight...

 

[radmustangs]

There was a brief period that bmr had an issue with bushings, it was addressed. If its comeing up now on a part that someone just bought then its on an old part that someone had in stock for a year. I run full bmr suspension on my car, it sees a lot of use with from 350 to now 400 to the wheels also with about 40,000 miles on the BMR parts. I road race. No problem. BMR is quality stuff.

I also have 2 customers with 10 second stangs running full bmr chassis and suspension mods. No issues.

Like the steeda rep said, you get what you pay for.

 

[DKO]

CHE is also offers an adjustable UCA and they have a great rep with the S197 community. As an added bonus, PMP (a site vendor) has them on their website.

 

[kleistang]

spohn is a top quality company, they have been around for years. just as bmr and others. i have their parts in my car and never had a problem, squeeking noises or broken bushings. and i havent heard any bad historys about them, at least for s197. u wont be diasppointed.

 

[Freaknazty]

CHE is also offers an adjustable UCA and they have a great rep with the S197 community. As an added bonus, PMP (a site vendor) has them on their website.

+1 everything on my car is che or powerhouse ..... which che does all the pipe work for powerhouse

 

[DKO]

+1 everything on my car is che or powerhouse ..... which che does all the pipe work for powerhouse

CHE is definitely the route I'm going with my entire suspension. I don't quite have the full catalog yet but I'm getting there.

 

[radmustangs]

Well i would be interested to know a reason why che? tubular arms have drawbacks, the instant center brackets only have one hole for the control arms to mount so no adjustability like a BMR or Steeda.

I mean no offense to che, its good stuff and its priced right, but its far from top of the line.

 

[2k05gt]

what do you think of the Steeda Adj UCA?
and is the Granatelli UCA built by Steeda?

 

[DKO]

Well i would be interested to know a reason why che? tubular arms have drawbacks, the instant center brackets only have one hole for the control arms to mount so no adjustability like a BMR or Steeda.

I mean no offense to che, its good stuff and its priced right, but its far from top of the line.

I wouldn't say it's far from top of the line. It's definitely good stuff. Many members on here use theirs with great results. I can't offer an argument as far as why no adjustability, but I can say it will definitely improve the instant center. Maybe it won't perfect it, but I think it will definitely get you 'close enough' if that makes sense. Not everyone on here drives a single digit drag car where a minute detail like being off a degree or two could make a visual difference in the timeslip.

 

[clfrye]

I have their adjustable UCA, LCAs, and camber plates. All are quality products. The bushings in their LCAs fixed a squeaking problem I was having with another companies LCAs.

 

[DKO]

I have their adjustable UCA, LCAs, and camber plates. All are quality products. The bushings in their LCAs fixed a squeaking problem I was having with another companies LCAs.

Which companies LCAs were causing a squeak?

 

[travelers]

I have the J&L LCAs and they work great. They didn't have the UCAs when I got mine or I would have them.

 

[Rangersfan]

is the Granatelli UCA built by Steeda?

Hell no! Not unless we moved our factory to Laos or Vietnam or something like that.

 

[don_w]

Hell no! Not unless we moved our factory to Laos or Vietnam or something like that.

 

[xxDerek]

So nobody has any experience with the J&M UCA? I need an Adj. UCA, still deciding on what to get.....

 

[radmustangs]

I wouldn't say it's far from top of the line. It's definitely good stuff. Many members on here use theirs with great results. I can't offer an argument as far as why no adjustability, but I can say it will definitely improve the instant center. Maybe it won't perfect it, but I think it will definitely get you 'close enough' if that makes sense. Not everyone on here drives a single digit drag car where a minute detail like being off a degree or two could make a visual difference in the timeslip.

It is good stuff. Im not trying to down it, I just like to hear reasons for peoples opinions on things.

I would also say that the angle of control arms are not minute, I frequently will switch mine for the drag strip and normal or road course driving. This makes a huge differences in ride and handling of the car.