DAN82SED Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 i need some adive on radius arms and trailing arms. have already asked on the disco forum but havent had any rely so thought id see if you guys can help i have recently bought a disco with a 4" lift. +2" springs and 2" spacers fitted. i want to remove the spacers and just have a +2" lift but the radius arms are qt6(suitable for 3 to 6" lift i beleive) would they be alright with just a +2" or would it throw out my angles and create problems??? forgot to mention double carden prop fitted and double cranked trailing arms at rear any advice helpful, is dangerously unstable at speed (+50mph) cheers Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Dan, I'm not an expert on lifted vehicles and I've no idea what you mean by 'qt6' but seeing as how you've had no response from anyone else, you may find this thread to be enlightening. Good luck. Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Removing the spacers will have no effect on your radius arms. All you're doing is lowering the body. The chassis and axle don't change. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Gordon, the OP doesn't say if they are spring spacers or body spacers - my assumption is that they are spring spacers, and hence will indeed affect angles. I would not be happy with the 6 degree radius arms - I would either be looking at 3 degree ones, or standard arms, with the acceptance of a loss of castor. There are a lot of people running 2" lifts and standard arms. Trailing arms - I would be inclined to see how they sit. I have no idea of the angles involved on the double cranked ones you have, but as long as the chassis bushes are not unduely loaded when the vehcile is sitting on flat level ground you should be OK. hth Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Ah, good point. I read spacers and thought body spacers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN82SED Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 cheers for the reponse guys sorry, should have been clearer about the spacers. Mark guessed right, they are under the springs going to look at getting some 3degree arms before i take the spacers out. dont want to be putting any unneccecery strain on my drive chain. the size of the tyres are bad enough Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Forget fancy corrected arms - they only mess with your prop shaft and at 2" of lift the standard arms are absolutely fine and strong enough, unlike some after market offerings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN82SED Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 cheers bishbosh, was cheaking out prices for the 3 degrees, 2nd hand standard arms definatly seems the best/cheapest route Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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