Fierotom

Hello gals and guys,

I'm looking for better LCA's and a stronger Panhard rod for my 4th gen Camaro.
Here in germany this parts are hard to find, so I have looked at eBay Motors....

I have found this at ebay: 130098975817

are this parts the money worth?
(the benefit: he ships to Germany)

thanks for help

danhr

uummmm YES

I'd personally go with adjustables.... but UMI is a very reputable company..... their office is actually close to my home... I've been meaning to go over there and check it out.

2000GTP

After adding poly ended LCAs and PHR, the rear of the car felt much stiffer.

hott95z28

BMR is a better product UMI copied there product from them before they had the patent.

Fierotom

okay thanks for your opinion!
I try the UMI stuff.......

(BMR is a well known name for me, but I think much more expensiv)

FireChicken1995

bmr has been nothing but junk for me, iv had the non adjustable LCAs TWICE and both sets the welds cracked.... and i know for a fact that they were installed correctly. with the PHR i had a end break off of it..... this was all on a stock 95 T/A since iv been using UMI i havent had one problem. as far as stealing a design umm i dont think so you can only envent the wheel once.

krazykorean35

jus installed umi lcas and a phb, both unadjustable, and i definately notice better traction from a dig and rear end traction in hard cornering. there were straight forward to install too.

krazykorean35

get the red coated ones too if you can...they add a cleaner look 2 a dirty undercarriage.

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Bud M

Yes, its a quality product and that is a good price. BUT those LCAs are less than ideal for handling because they have very stiff bushings which inhibits suspension movement. You might consider contacting UMI directly and seeing if they will substitute LCAs with bushings on one end and rod ends on the other like these http://www.umiperformance.com/2016?category_id=32 if you are after improved cornering. Also its not a bad idea to have them send you a tube of grease for the bushings with your order.

krisb410

I just installed a bunch of UMI stuff and it did wonders for the car. I recommend them.

danhr

and you are basing this off what? A few things from UMI are sold just by them... i.e. they are the only company on the market that sell tubular 3 point sfc's.... all the other 3 points are boxed. and lca relocation brackets

BMR's lca's look nothing like UMI's. Same goes for their panhard bar. and torque arm relocation kits

Bud M

My BMR LCAs look exactly like UMI LCAs

krisb410

As stated before, you can only invent the wheel once.

It's a bar with 2 bushings on the end of it, how different you think that can get?

danhr

different sized tubing... what the control arms are contructed out of..... umi offers rod end/poly bushing combinations, while bmr offers poly/neoprene combinations..... actually go to both sites and look at the two and you will see differences

Bud M

From the UMI website: These control arms are constructed of DOM mild steel tubing 1.625" OD x 0.120" wall thickness... with Energy Suspension® polyurethane bushings
From the BMR website: tubular control arms use...1-5/8" x .120 wall tubing...Both designs utilize stiff, low deflection polyurethane bushings. Rubber bushings also available for all control arms.

You do realize that 1 5/8 = 1.625, right?