CPP Tubuar Control Arms $269 set of 4

[knucklebusted]

Originally Posted by GTX

I'll post some pix of the arms installed soon...Just scored a set of new SSBC 2" drop spindles for $99 to avoid chopping my new springs up...
I'll pick up some 90 deg. zerks...I've had the same problem with front end parts.No way to grease them on the car with the fittings that are on them!

Exactly. Everything else looks easy enough to get to but as soon as the arms were bolted in and I saw where they were, I knew I should have put some 90's in there. At full droop, if I had 90 degree grease gun head, it would still be do-able but I'm going to swap them for 90s as soon as I get time.

Here's a phone pic of my lowers going in. I did weigh them. They are 3lbs a side heavier than the stock ones. Small price to pay for solid parts that improve the handling.

[GTX]

There is a safety issue with reusing the stock arms...after 40 years on the car,who knows the stresses they have endured.On the CPP tech site,they were just going to re-bush the arms on the PHR Chevelle,but noticed small cracks in them.Most people probably wouldn't clean the arms well enough to inspect for that.
I am lucky I have the paperwork from my GTO since it was delivered...it was involved in something that made them replace one upper control arm,and dented the oil pan pretty good.That's why I started looking at upgrading the suspension...That,and it floats like an old Caddy on the Interstate!

[6D9]

I want some...

[knucklebusted]

I got mine back from the alignment shop. I had them do +5 caster, -1 camber and 1/16 total toe in. Drove it a bit but not a long trip yet. Seems pretty good. In a turn the outside tire lays in at the top and the inside tire lays in at the bottom, just the way I like it.

[Driver X]

wow , are these arms being made here in the states by cpp or they something there having made over sea's ?

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by Driver X

wow , are these arms being made here in the states by cpp or they something there having made over sea's ?

you really have to ask that question?

[GTX]

Like a lot of guys on here,I have a small budget for toys...$1,500 for control arms is completely out of the question.I simply look at performance gain for the $$.I would like to see a blind test of these vs. ones 5x the price,and see the results on the Auto-X.
I was skeptical about the build quality of the arms until I held them in my hands.Welds were nice,powder-coat nice,H/D hardware,etc.The frame will fail long before these give up.Fine for my street car that might run a local Auto-X a couple times,if at all.
If you are a Pro-Autocrosser,where sponsors pay winners for product use,it may be worth using the expensive ones.Most guys are not in that category.
Just like a house addition,I look at what the part will do to the resale price.Will $1,500 arms that no one sees add $1,500 to the value of the car?If they do,you are luckier than most sellers...I know...you are gonna keep the car forever...I thought so til Life happened.