Capn Pete

Hey dude, you get that suspension in the car yet????

I've got the front end all buttoned up in place (K-member and A-arms). I still have to bolt the big 35mm Strano bar on .

Next step is doing everything in the rear of the car (LCA's, PHB, sway bar, springs, shocks).

*Note Re: UMI K-member: I had to elongate the holes for the motor mount bolts, as they were not drilled in the correct location . When I sat the motor down into the frame, the holes were too high up for where the actual mount holes were located.

Also, I had to elongate the rear hole, driver's side, where the K-member bolts to the frame of the car. The other 5 holes lined up perfectly, but that 1 was off by a little bit.

OTHERWISE?? This K-member looks like a fine piece of art!!! The quality seems excellent. I sure hope it does its job well?? (which I trust it will ).

always faster

Nope not installed yet.

I was waiting for my Strano springs and i also ordered a new set of 3 point umi sfc(red ).

Everything should be installed in may.

Capn Pete

Cool. Those 3-point SFC's will sure tighten the car up!!

Bud M

Nice bunch of parts. You should have a great handling car

UMI Performance

Capn Pete- What motor mounts are you running? I ask because we never had a issue. Each K-member is jig welded and if a hole location was off or wrong it shows up in the jig and the part will not fit correctly. Sounds like a poly motor mount?

Also it is very weird on the rear holes, again we never had a issue. Each K-member goes through a inspection before shipped and given a serial #. I can pull the inspection sheet by the # stamped in the rear A-Arm mount or by using your name. But if anything is out of spec it doesn't shipped.

I am just a bit confused..

Thanks,
Ryan

Capn Pete

As a matter of fact, I did switch to Prothane poly motor mounts . I guess they're off from the factory by quite a bit?! Weird, but at least that explains the problem with the motor mounts not lining up (I never even "test fit" the motor into the frame before ditching the factory rubber mounts, so I'd have no idea if it was correct otherwise).

As for the left rear mount hole? Something was definitely off. The big "guide pin" that is welded on top of the K-member kept the two upper holes perfectly in line. All three holes on the right side were perfectly in place. Just that back/lower hole on the left side was off by about ~1/2 the bolt diameter. All it took was a little work with a die grinder and I had it opened up. I'm not even blaming your K-member ... it wouldn't surprise me that the car is built slightly off?!

With the K-member bolted in, I took a couple of quick measurements between common points on the K-member and the REAR LCA bolts at the frame. It seems perfectely centered and square, so I have no concerns with it .

always faster

Just a heads up to let you know that i ve installed everything except for the 3 point sfc because i need take the 2 point one off.

Everything went smooth and perfect without any modification or problem.Its now align perfectly(-1.5 camber/+5.0 caster/0 toe) and the drop is sexy has hell.

Ill have some pics later

always faster

The beginning:



Old TA:


View from the stock upper panhard rod:


Stock rear springs vs stranos one:


Quick view of the new TA with tranny crossmember and the new front parts:


It begin to take form:


Better view of the Ta and the tranny member:


The new panhard relocation kit:


A little bit pf color:

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All the stock parts:


Nice underneath view:


Complete with c5 brake kit:


The new stance:


Sorry for the quality of the pics and i know that the underneath of the car need to be washed.

MeanGreen97Z

How does it ride? Looks friggin great man!

always faster

The drop is soooo sexy.

The car handle really great and the ride ,even if it is stiff,is kinda ok even on bad road.