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Old Aug 14, 2018 | 04:20 AM
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Rear drop brackets

I designed some rear drop brackets, hoping that they will add some antisquat on a severely lowered car, and hopefully reduce the roll enough so the suspension doesn't bind. Does that sound like it will work at all?

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Old Aug 14, 2018 | 09:41 PM
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I am in no way an expert, but the idea works for other four link cars. Anything to get the lower arms close to parallel with the ground should help.
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Old Aug 15, 2018 | 09:00 AM
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I used off the self brackets stock car brackets to lower my lower control arms 3" below stock. The brackets have evenly spaced 5/8" holes arranged in an arch. I welded them on the rear axle and used the OE control arm location as a reference so that they were the same side to side. I think they are made by Allstar Performance Products https://www.allstarperformance.com/ and should be available at Pitstop USA. Pictures are in my build thread for my SCCA STU racecar
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Old Aug 15, 2018 | 08:35 PM
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Glad that you guys have good feedback. I know I could buy something off the shelf but ot was fun designing them. Now for those pesky upper links...
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 01:05 AM
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They look awesome. Something I couldn't do. Great job! Let us know how they work
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Old Aug 17, 2018 | 12:43 PM
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They look awesome. Something I couldn't do. Great job! Let us know how they work
Thanks, if I am lucky I will be able to test them next weekend.
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Old Aug 18, 2018 | 10:51 AM
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i notice T3 has these now, and wondering if anyone has tried them. the AE86 crowd can't live without them
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