Thread: Control Arms for Mustang Ii suspension

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Not sure your present MII track, but if you widen beyond stock by 4 inches then you can use Fairmont tie rod ends which will extend the tie rods to make up for the width increase.
Then fab brackets for the lower a arm supports. Won't that be easier then getting wider arms?

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Bob

Not sure your present MII track, but if you widen beyond stock by 4 inches then you can use Fairmont tie rod ends which will extend the tie rods to make up for the width increase.
Then fab brackets for the lower a arm supports. Won't that be easier then getting wider arms?

Also, longer arms have to be heavier because of the bending moment (more leverage) being moved out. Could have a fab shop make some arms up that are longer, but i would suggest moving your mounting points out. Plus longer arms will change all of your suspension geometry.

I'll have to look at moving the out but I think there will be issues. My crossmember is not aftermarket. It is an actual crossmember cut from a Mustang II and grafted in. I'll tell you, it was very nicely done, nicest one I've ever seen done! Thus said, I thing moving the mounting point will cause problems.

Building arms is certainly an option but I was hoping there was a manufacturer out there already producing some.

Now here is another problem I need to solve on my own and that's what wheels I want to run. Techinspector has a very good solution but depending on what style of wheel I want to run will determine the look of the wheel with the change of backset.

Good ideas, will have to think this over a bit more. Thanks Guys!

You could get wheel spacers, they make up to 2" wide and they blot on, and then you bolt you wheel on the studs it has. They are not adapters, but work the same, and they Are safe to run.

These center on the hub center. ---> http://www.autoanything.com/suspensi...?kc=ffcategory

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