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Old 01-02-2008, 07:26 PM
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Yes, I have installed LD's 3-link. All I have left to do is install close-out panels after I get done w/minitub. I'm going to be real honest here, when I was finally convinced that LD's 3-link was the ultimate handling suspension available for my car (69 Camaro), I spent a number of days trying to get in touch w/someone from Lateral Dynamics. Left a number of voice mail and emails w/no response. At this point I was pretty pissed off and decided to go w/DSE's 4 link. In my personal opinion, the 3-link w/Watts is far superior to a 4-link w/pan rod bar (for road racing), but you CAN'T beat DSE's customer service. In a mild fit of anger I came on this site and mildly bashed LD and low and behold I actually got a response from Mark himself. I had a number of email and phone conversations w/Mark that went very well but he was still very hard to get ahold of. He was a very nice guy and impressed me as a very intelligent guy, yet, still I felt like I was working real hard to give him my business. But, I was convinced that LD's 3-link was the answer to all my prayers, so, I finally was able to seal the deal and purchased the kit. During the install, there were times I had too wait a couple of days to get an answer to a question which kind of sucked. Well, I haven't worked on car in about 4 months due to work and am getting ready to fire up on it again when I saw this thread. So, I emailed Mark and left a message on his personnal cell phone about a week ago and have yet to hear from him. I'm kind of at a loss because I had planned on buying everything to complete front and rear suspension from him and he assured me that Lateral Dynamics would be able to supply me w/exactly what I needed to make my car handle the way I want it to. Well, it looks like the guys at American Touring Specialties are going to be my saviors. They are very familier w/LD's 3-link and I was going to get they're coilover kit (front) from LD anyway. Mark said he would have upper and lower control arms for the front ready by the time I needed them, but, I guess not. To sum it all up, I'm a little irritated that I radically altered my car and am left to my own devices to set everything up w/no help from the people that designed it. BUT, it is a bad ass kit and Matt (LD's welder) is an awesome fabricator. Thankfully, ATS will cover the rest of my suspension needs and parts needed to complete LD's kit. If you do ever get ahold of LD and do get the kit, my advice is take your time and measure measure measure. It's not that difficult, just very tedious and time consuming. I'll finish by writing that I hope LD is just in a lull and come back strong w/customer support, because if they do, I'll be one of they're customers. And that my friends is a testament to Mark's knowledge of suspension (theory and design).

Last edited by lowboy; 01-07-2008 at 10:26 AM.
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