What is your interest in having a bolt-on A-Arm front suspension???

[Cohibra45]

Sorry Guys,

I was out of business for the last few days. My computer took a major, well, you know what I mean. :evil: I am just now getting it back together. I lost almost everything on my hard drive. Very frustrating.

I had been meaning to compile the questions from all the sites/forums that I originally posted to and make one cohesive thread/post.

One thing for thought...My original intent, and I believe James and Bill (EyeBall Engineering) was to use as many VW parts as possible to keep the options open for everyone. I was hoping to keep the ball joints out VW. I also wanted to use a VW rack and pinion steering from the Rabbit/Jetta/Golf/Fox if at all possible. I guess what I am saying, I was hoping for a completely engineered bolt on cradle and a-arms using VW parts. I am sure that all the lowering/track width/adjustability concerns will be addressed later. This just started out to ask the feasibility and interest of having one available. The costs will be discussed later. As with any product, the more people signing up to buy one, the lower the cost !!!

Take care,

Kelly (Cohibra)

[The Pirate]

Agreed. At first I thought I could just put something together rather quick and safe but due to posts and interactions here on the board ( thanks Volkdent) I came to realize it is going to be a rather long hard road. I plan the stress test the heck out of my designs both on and off the car to ensure reliabilty. I would rather over build a little safety into the control arms than save a littel weight and have a disaster. As for race safe control arm members I leave it up to the racers to decide if an item can be used safley on their cars. ( insert race disclamer here)

I plan to use the prototypes I build as a base design to have a more refined version derived from. I am looking into companies that take items and redesign them for optimum preformance and ease of creation. That way the control arms are safe and well designed for safety.

PS. Volkdent I would like to kick a few ideas around with you later.

[notch11]

bolt on A-arms $2500...... for that money your well on your way to full costom tube chassis with front and rear fully independent adjustable suspension. just a thought

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by notch11

bolt on A-arms $2500...... for that money your well on your way to full costom tube chassis with front and rear fully independent adjustable suspension. just a thought

Whose got those? How much? Not a drag chassis right?

Jason

[notch11]

I forgot where I found this

http://www.rorty-design.com/content/beetle.htm

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by notch11

I forgot where I found this

http://www.rorty-design.com/content/beetle.htm

Um, yeah, Bob (Rorty Design) is the guy who designed my suspension, one similar to we are talking about selling here. The prototype fabrication bill alone was $1600, not including machining, laser cutting, or steel. I think Bob's design bill was more than half that, but it's been awhile, it might have been more, as I'm not great at tracking costs...

Take a look at what Panelfantastic has said, and those suspensions are used for everything, not just a specific car.

Jason

[ccl]

I'm interested. Any plan on doing something similar for the rear? I don't mind sinking 5k on both front and rear.

[Shadowbug]

Originally Posted by Cohibra45

I also wanted to use a VW rack and pinion steering from the Rabbit/Jetta/Golf/Fox if at all possible.(Cohibra)

you'll need to use the mk2 gof rack,not the mk1, mk1 doesnt have enough movement to use the beetle spindles (unless you were going to use something else)

ask me how I know.