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Jon Santana (Mustache)
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Username: Mustache

Post Number: 38
Registered: 09-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 02:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My pal has a 90 RRC and we are looking to beef up his rear trailing arms... anybody have any ghetto-fab ideas? are there any other years of RRC's that had a bigger/ better one to use as a starting point?

Thanks,

Jon
 

Bill Bettridge (Billb)
Senior Member
Username: Billb

Post Number: 756
Registered: 02-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 03:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

87-89 RR's had larger diameter trailing arms as stock. Easiest way to beef up stock is to sleeve with pipe or weld on angle.

Bill
 

Jon Santana (Mustache)
New Member
Username: Mustache

Post Number: 39
Registered: 09-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

cool, thanks bill.

probably go with the angle-iron thing

Jon
 

hendrik b. (Landybehr)
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Username: Landybehr

Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2003
Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 01:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

angle iron is not handsome and collects dirt.
please sleeve it with pipe.

http://www.defenderland.org/technics/suspension/images/sus_19.jpg

 

Jon Santana (Mustache)
New Member
Username: Mustache

Post Number: 40
Registered: 09-2002
Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

riiiiight,

I was looking for "ghetto-fab", not "Handsome". thanks anyway. It is intended as a quick-fix befoe we hit T-6 in Arrowhead.

But I can appriciate your "Roverness" approach. (dont wory, i have very sexy aftermarket trailing arms that gather no moss on my beautiful Range Rover.)

jon

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