Rear lower control arm bracket protection (1 Viewer)

[Odyseuss]

I've made some for a few hundys. There are details in my build thread, a little ways down on this page

2001 LX470 build LEGUSY

They are pretty simple so I didn't see the need to buy anything special. They take a beating without issue. I've sen the stock mount bend up against the arm on some trucks so its probably better to do before they get bent, but they seem to straighten out pretty easily too.

 

[kelly saad]

Oh man! Mine just got beat to Hell in Moab. I was thinking about making something to protect it, like a mini slider.

 

[Captramrod01]

The lotus development guys got back to me. They said if they had a local 100 in Denver to measure they would probably be able to make em up.

 

[savirc]

Okay everyone,

Got with a vendor and they will make these for all who is interested but I need to get a good number of us to be in the "buy in" to prioritize the fabrication of these.

they will looks be made of 3/16 HSLA steel and will look similar to this:

 

[savirc]

I will start a new thread. Who all is interested in this thread?

 

[Captramrod01]

I'm in.

 

[Ohthetrees]

Interested

 

[staggrlee]

Sign me up.

 

[TheForger]

Interested (price dependent)

 

[kelly saad]

Okay everyone,

Got with a vendor and they will make these for all who is interested but I need to get a good number of us to be in the "buy in" to prioritize the fabrication of these.

they will looks be made of 3/16 HSLA steel and will look similar to this:

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Im in for sure. Thats exactly what I want/need. I would rather have the bottom in 1/4" or 5/16 though. Maybe the 3/16 will be enough??

 

[Hayes]

I'm in.
Getting them before Cruise Moab would be ideal.

 

[abuck99]

Interested-

 

[crimsonaudio]

Very interested.

 

[savirc]

Funny just saw a posting on another thread an look at these brackets:

 

[savirc]

So far we got 9.

CreasyBear
Captramrod01
Ohthetrees
staggrlee
TheForger
kelly saad
Hayes
abuck99
crimsonaudio
jimmyeatsworld
Newps
SHREDwagon
bakjak
SmoothLC
Jeepster09

 

[Newps]

I am in for a set.

 

[duggy]

Are these going to require a weld as pictured above? Also, the first bracket looks like it bolts to the old mount and has an indent for the mounting bolt for the control arm/mount. How will yours mount? I would rather that the bolt pass through both the protection bracket and mount. This, with new and longer mounting hardware would ensure simple installation. A weld would up the complexity on these, but make them that much stronger.

 

[BMX and CRUISERS]

From 2003:
Rear Control Arm Skid Plates - John Shotts (shottscruisers)

 

[savirc]

Are these going to require a weld as pictured above? Also, the first bracket looks like it bolts to the old mount and has an indent for the mounting bolt for the control arm/mount. How will yours mount? I would rather that the bolt pass through both the protection bracket and mount. This, with new and longer mounting hardware would ensure simple installation. A weld would up the complexity on these, but make them that much stronger.

Good question, let me find out.... though it looks like the non-mounting hole is partially blocked by the control arm ring.

 

[SHREDwagon]

I'm in.