Not exactly cheap, but it is the best value out of the few legit setups on the market. Also, you have to figure that almost $800 of that was brakes, which you'd need anyway, and another couple hundred was shipping. By the time I would've rebuilt my entire stock front end with some upgrades like uppers and torque rods, between the parts and powder coating I would've had close to $2000 in a stock front end - not including the brakes. So I was basically looking at $1500 difference to upgrade, adding easier and more tuning options, and shaving about 150 pounds of weight. If you've already got a good front end and are only having to upgrade a couple parts, this is definitely an expensive route, but in my case, I had a rusty front end from a car that's been sitting for a LONG time and I needed everything. That's how I justified it to myself at least
Not exactly cheap, but it is the best value out of the few legit setups on the market. Also, you have to figure that almost $800 of that was brakes, which you'd need anyway, and another couple hundred was shipping. By the time I would've rebuilt my entire stock front end with some upgrades like uppers and torque rods, between the parts and powder coating I would've had close to $2000 in a stock front end - not including the brakes. So I was basically looking at $1500 difference to upgrade, adding easier and more tuning options, and shaving about 150 pounds of weight. If you've already got a good front end and are only having to upgrade a couple parts, this is definitely an expensive route, but in my case, I had a rusty front end from a car that's been sitting for a LONG time and I needed everything. That's how I justified it to myself at least
64 Polara 500. I've had the car probably 10 years and haven't touched it. Bought it basically as a pretty much rust free and straight shell with the intentions of putting it together right away, but then life happened. Now my girls are a little older and through a couple of flips I've been able to put some money aside so I can finally get the car together. Part of the driving force is seeing my father having some health issues and realizing that he will never have his 68 GTS put together that he started years ago. Just made the decision with my wife that the car is getting done. It will be primarily a street car, since the closest track to the house is an hour away - and it's awful - and the closest decent track is a little over two hours away.
The ONLY complaint I have about any of it is the box with the K member was beat up when I got it. The rear faces of the square tubes were a little scuffed up from sticking out of holes in the box, but you'd be hard pressed to see it when it's on the car.
I think I've seen posts about yours in the past. Haven't you had it for a while? I think the price has come up considerably as I was a smidge under $5200 for the equivalent RMS product when I priced it. Definitely good product though, just couldn't justify the price difference when the Gerst setup would do what I needed it to do.
You are correct. The lower control arm bolts thread into the assembly and there is a set screw hole to insert a set screw against the bolt after assembly.
No offense taken. We (brothers and I) had thought about it. But he won’t let us put it together any way we could afford. If it doesn’t get finished to concours show quality, he doesn’t want it finished. Kind of backed himself into a corner on how he wanted the car done. That’s one reason I waited so long - I didn’t want to do the car until it could be perfect. Seeing where he’s at I realized mine isn’t ever gonna get done that way so I bit the bullet and decided it will get done as nice as I can afford. Won’t be perfect, but it’s gonna get done.
