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Old 08-11-2006, 02:16 PM
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K-member ???

Hi,
Has anyone run a bmr K-member with the stock upper and lower control arms or at least the upper tubular and stock lower. I want to reduce the weight of my Z28 but think the tube a-arms are mostly for road racing?? please any input would be great.
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Old 08-12-2006, 11:51 AM
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My friend is running his with the stock arms; I've got stock upper arms with poly bushings and tubular lower A arms. Both work fine. Great access for service!
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Old 08-13-2006, 01:01 PM
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Great, I was planing on running the K member with tubular upper a arms and stock lower arm.
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Old 08-13-2006, 01:35 PM
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When I changed mine I didn't see any real benefit in going with tubular upper A-Arms. The stock pieces are pretty good. The lower A-arms free up more weight and access.
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Old 08-13-2006, 02:30 PM
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So you have stock upper and tubular lower a-arms
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Yes. I did install poly bushings on the stock upper A arms with new ball joints.
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