Category: Steering & Suspension
Price: $1
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Part Fits (you may select multiples): Series I
Location (US State/Canada/Int): FL
Item Condition: Used

as title reads, looking for megan racing rear lower camber arms

 

You might want to just make your own....I had too...mine bent a number of times before I replaced the rod with crome moly steel

 

Make my own? And how did you bend the arms?

 

After a hard trackday running slicks I took the car in...and the camber and toe on the R side was quite a bit off. Noticed the camber arm wasn't straight anymore. Straightened it out...redid the alignment and after the next trip it was off again.....

And don't drop the car off the jack on them....that really bends them

 

So then wtf do i do instead of megan racing arms? I rarely autox and use street tires whenever i do.

 

You would be fine then. I just found they werent the strongest.

The other arms are short enough it isn't an issue...just the camber arms

They often are on E-Bay for decent prices

 

koni yellows tein stechs and street tires only. autox at most, they should be strong enough that they wont bend right? alternatively what are my other options? I'm just tired of -2.8 deg rear camber.

 

1. Raise the ride height back up to where the suspension works properly. The camber curve gets fubar when it's that low.

2. Have a competent shop cut/shorten/weld the lower OE arms to get the static camber corrected.

Putting heim joints on a street car will just introduce you to another set of problems in the not so long run ...

 

So team, youre saying the megan racing camber arms are crap? Any other brands worth considering?

 

i think the megans are the only camber kit out there for purchase that legitimate price. Ryuu, i have a set of OEM ones if your OEM ones are damaged. let me know or you can experiment with what TEAMRX8 had mentioed

 

He's saying the Heim joint style arms don't do well on a street car.....and that your ridr height is too low for the suspension to work properly...as at a correct ride height you shouldn't need camber arms altered

 

my oem arms are fine... Out of curiosity, what issues are associated with heim style joints? And I havent read anything bad about the megan racing arms with the exception of the two of you coming in here commenting about their quality (or lack of)

 

I'm not commenting on their quality, just my experience with heim joints in general which are generally considered a high maintenance race only part

that said, if they bend just dropping the jack quickly they likely aren't going to last too long on the street without bending

if you modify the OE arms then they need to be welded by a competent TIG welder. My advice is to machine a steel plug that fits the ID of the tubular arm with the wall thickness on each side beveled to allow full penetration onto the steel plug when welding them back together. It will be much stronger this way.

well actually my advice is to raise the car, but I won't waste my breath any more on that ...

 

There are rubber joints are there for a reason

 

ive looked up the heim joints a bit, im going to keep reading... granted, i do 6000-7000 miles a year and in miami only ever see rain. ive never heard of them bending either, so thats a first.. ima keep google-ing the megan arms and heim joints before buying

 

you don't hear of any serious race teams using them either, except for maybe some of those drifting dipschnittzers

 

I mean... -2.8deg camber isnt horrible...but for only daily driving its a lot of camber for nothing. I will heavily consider both of your inputs before buying.

 

yep, many racers don't run it that high on the rear

SpeedSource just cuts off the rubber bushing end from the rear OE arms and installs an adjustable heim joint with appropriate spacers there instead for their rear racing arms. There's nothing wrong with the OE ball joint at the spindle end.




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I believe mazdatrix also provides a full kit that is similar to the above.

 

that's the Speedsource kit from Mazda Motorsports, still not sure how vendors get to sell those publicly ... ?

 

I thought so but I didn't want to assume, it looked so similar to the pic you posted

 

Hmm thats interesting, the megan part seems to have a factory joint on spindle end as well but i cant tell for sure.

https://www.speed-element.com/catalo..._5076_6719.jpg

Wouldnt thr speedsource heim joint be just as suseptible to wear and the enviornment as the megan? Please excuse my seeming "ignorance", im just trying to compare products to learn more about what would be the proper course of action for myself.

In my reading and searching, i also found rubber covers to protect the heim joints from the elements,not sure if thats a good idea for any option with heim joints, though it seemed like a good idea

 

yes, it was just an example, you already have my recommended opinions

quality heim joints cost $$$ and most companies will send you the low grade part, including SpeedSource. Regardless, they will ride rough and wear out quickly on the street compared to a factory part, which means they will get sloppy & rattle.


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Suspension is already a little rough from leaving my konis on the stiffer settings.. ill weigh my options though

 

you have no idea what rough really is ....