Voodoo13 Rear Lower Control Arms - Initial Inspection - Install/Review to follow

[Travisty75]

Originally Posted by NJUL9925

i just got these and I'll soon be installing, had to ask if you need aftermarket toe arms when installing these?
i have a reasonable drop with -3* of camber in the rear and I'd rather not pay the hundreds extra that the aftermarket toe arms cost
thanks!

If you're running that much camber, you likely do not need toe arms. The only time you need them is if you try to keep camber conservative (I was set at 1.5° for example).

Originally Posted by nickmerronesucks

i also have megan track series coilover. will be installing my lcas soon. hopefully wont have to use washers.

Voodoo now includes a spacer pack with their arms because they were finding manufacturer discrepancies between the left and right side, and multiple cars. If you don't need to use them, then don't. Chances are that you'll have to use them though.

[Captain Snooze]

What is being patented?

[Travisty75]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

What is being patented?

That's a question better aimed at Voodoo13, but I'd guess the whole arm is.

[OilFieldTrash]

I ordered these last week and will be installing them with KW V3 coilovers soon. So to do a "street" alignment of -2 degrees or less I'll need adjustable toe arms as well?

[mike the snake]

Simply lowwering the rear 1.5-2'' should cause the rear suspension to camber out to -2.

I was able to get my rear alignment correct, lowered, at -2 camber with the stock camber rods.

[fst86frs]

Bump and Update, I have also had the Voodoo13 RLCA's for quite sometime almost 2 years now as well as the toe and trailing arms as well putting on mileage and track abuse on them and they have been great! These also have a more durable finish and superior hardware as well. I did have other LCA's on the car before and I definitely liked these the best compared to other ones before

[jainish007]

Kinda late to the post but has anyone faced any knocking sounds after installing the LCA and toearms. I habe BC racing BR coilovers.

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by jainish007

Kinda late to the post but has anyone faced any knocking sounds after installing the LCA and toearms. I habe BC racing BR coilovers.

have you checked this out yet on the first page? might be what's causing weird sounds for your install...

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...5&postcount=11

[Travisty75]

Originally Posted by jainish007

Kinda late to the post but has anyone faced any knocking sounds after installing the LCA and toearms. I habe BC racing BR coilovers.

My rear arms "knocked" over smaller road imperfections. It was loud to the point that I feared something was loose, but I checked and then checked again and all the hardware was tight.

I ended up putting the car back to stock and I sold these arms to my buddy and he installed them, and they knocked on his car too.

My educated guess is that it's the spherical rod end resisting spinning, binding slightly, then letting itself rotate and cause a dull clunk.

The only time these things stopped making noise on my car is when I daily drove the car. This was mainly a weekend/good weather car, so daily driving was rare, but when I did the noise got quieter and then eventually stopped. I parked the car for a week then drove it again and the popping some came back.

[strat61caster]

I had knock too, it was my sway bar end links, ended up grinding them down a bit too insert shims in like the op did on the first page, but they were quiet without shims after grinding them for a bit of clearance. Totally counterintuitive but that's the way it goes sometimes, lowering plus an LCA seems to make the oe links not happy.

I was going crazy thinking it was the damper and my custom spring setup, thinking maybe it was the lca (Racer-X), but yeah, swaybars man.

Quick check is to take out one endlink and go for a drive, if the clunk disappears you found your problem.

[Travisty75]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

I had knock too, it was my sway bar end links, ended up grinding them down a bit too insert shims in like the op did on the first page, but they were quiet without shims after grinding them for a bit of clearance. Totally counterintuitive but that's the way it goes sometimes, lowering plus an LCA seems to make the oe links not happy.

I was going crazy thinking it was the damper and my custom spring setup, thinking maybe it was the lca (Racer-X), but yeah, swaybars man.

Quick check is to take out one endlink and go for a drive, if the clunk disappears you found your problem.

I removed both end links and held the sway bar up out of the way and test drove and I still had the noise. Mine was definitely the spherical rod end.