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Great Suspension Upgrade for the feel of the W-body Chasis (Oversized Lateral Arms)

buickman104

buickman104

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After my transmission swap I went to get the car aligned and it still pulled badly. long story short the lazy idiot who towed my car to the shop where I swapped the transmission secured the car from the lateral arm...

You can see where he wrapped the hook from the missing paint.


I decided to go for the Wbody store oversized lateral arms as they are half the price of the BMR lateral arms $240 vs $480ish. They are adjustable for the short and long arm for perfect alignment just like the BMR's lateral arms. I also looked at the Arraut Motorsport (West Shore Fabricating) lateral arms that Billboost37 had on his Regal, but I called and they had to check their stock and they never called back and did not respond to my emails. So I went with the W-body store oversized lateral arms.

They are a bit thicker and a bit heavier than stock. When I received them I was skeptical, but I just wanted a car that drove straight again! I installed them and got the car aligned. And I must proclaim! I am impressed!

Mind you I have most w body suspension mods BMR trailing arms, Moog greasable endlinks, larger sway bars, comp-g shocks with Vogtland springs, etc. but the car always felt cheap and uncomposed over rough surfaces or pot holes (I drive about 1,000 miles a month in NYC garbage roads) but this upgrade has accomplished a most notable improvement in ride stability, composure, and for lack of a better term refinement on this W-body chasis that I have ever felt. Now under warped roads the car doesn't wonder. When I hit rough pavement or small pot holes the car makes a confident ka-thunk instead of feeling like a cheap clanging feeling.

The car feels way more solid. Now this is a car with 212,000 miles a decent amount of suspension mods and fresh components. Also in case some of you were wondering my old lateral arms were OEM delco units that I replaced about 2 years ago so they were still in good shape except for the one the idiot tow truck driver jacked up.

Let's just leave it at I am impressed enough to take the time to write this glowing review.

Bendy next to its much improved replacements.
 


I have these as well. I couldn't tell if it was these or the problem solver front bushings that made the car much tighter. Probably both lol
 
are the bushings rubber or poly?

Edit: Nevermind, those are Ingalls Engineering Lateral Links so the bushings are rubber. Decent upgrade but I'm going for Arraut Motorsports cause the use polys.
 
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Yup Goodluck dealing with Richard from arraunt, took months do finally get a pair. I use to call him 2-3 a week and would constantly get the run around and the whole time all I was calling for was for him to send me a damp invoice so I could pay for a pair.


After it was said and done I wish I would of just grabbed the Ingalls
 
Agreed, with Arraunt Motor Sport, it felt like they did not care for my business. I would have preferred to get their product, but I did not have time to waste as I drive my car for a living and the tire on the bent lateral arm corner, was wearing badly.
 


Arraunt has good products, but I think with the dying of the platform, so has the business... I lost a bolt on my lateral arm I got from them, emailed, called, to no avail just for the spec, ie, size, thread of bolt so I could replace it in kind. Had to disassemble the other side to match it up as I got no response. Is a shame really... I like their stuff, but you have to support your products and customers or they will go elsewhere.
 
And after 6-8 months when they finally sent me a invoice and I received them. A few months later. The adjustable arm..at the shortest setting was still to damn long to match up with the non adjustable ones. I ended up having to remove one of the locking nuts just to get it short enough. What a wonderful company to deal with! Never had to put in so much effort to get someone to take my money.
 
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