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installed mustang tubular a arms...

what a nightmare, i only did one side because after letting the car down the new a arm moved the wheel and tire in like 2" and it doesnt even look like the alignment could ever be made right, not to mention how stupid it looks with the wheel/tire in so far. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, 190 dollar arms, wtf am i gonna do..
atleast my GMS coil over kit works. just need caster camber plates...

installed mustang tubular a arms...

Reply #1
who's the manufacturer?
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Reply #2
What k-member are you using?
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installed mustang tubular a arms...

Reply #3
were they fox mustang arms, or  sn-95?

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Reply #4
If I'm not mistaken (and I have been mistaken before, believe it or not), a Mustang K-member will put your ball joints back out close to where they belong. I think the T-Bird K-member's control arm mounting points are further inboard to work with the longer T-Bird arms, so Mustang arms will bring the ball joints in on a T-Bird member. Conversely, T-Bird arms on a Mustang member will put the ball joints outboard. I'm sure somebody that knows what the hell they are talking about will chime in for verification though...
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Reply #5
ChuckW has stated that many times already what ThunderChicken just said.You are 100% correct.

installed mustang tubular a arms...

Reply #6
have to run a stang k member.....
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Reply #7
Aren't the SN-95 A-arms the same dimensions as the fox t-bird/cougar arms?
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Reply #8
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
Aren't the SN-95 A-arms the same dimensions as the fox t-bird/cougar arms?


Not quite .. the 87-88's do at least.  The early Tbirds use the Fox Mustang arms...

Also, be careful on the whole "TBird K-member" thing.  The different mounting points only applies to the 87-88's.....and only the TC's at that.

I'm not 100% certain on the whole 87-88 TC only thing, but since we have not had as a group everyone with an 86-88 climb under their car and measure the width of the control arm mounting points and the length of their control arms :p
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Reply #9
yeah im using the stock K member, that must be my problem?

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Reply #10
At the very least then you need SN-95 length tubular arms....
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Reply #11
Perfect time for a tubular fox stang k member!
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Reply #12
with the mustang tubular K what do i use for motor mounts?

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Reply #13
well guessing it is for a mustang, I would say a 79-93 4banger, or maybe 84 SVO mounts. I am not quite sure.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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Reply #14
A set of my SVO/Mustang mounts :D




Seriously though, you would use any of the std Mustang 4 cyl mounts.
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