2005-2009 Mustang Information on The S197 {Gen1}

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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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lower control arms

Well its that time to get them replaced and I might as well upgrade, I was looking at the GT500 ones or the BMR adjustable ones, but I really have no idea which would be better. please let me know if there is any other better options that I'm forgetting.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:28 AM
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Lots of choices and several threads on this already.
I just added Metco LCA's and am very pleased, they are a bit pricier than other options.
I wanted to stay away from the tubular design so I went with the billet design.
Any choice will generally be better than stock.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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What's a tubular design?
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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I don't know too much about LCAs
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:39 AM
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The stock LCAs are stamped.
The GT500 units are reinforced stamped units.
Basic aftermarket units are steel tubes with poly bushing ends.
Some offer billet "I-Beam" style with poly bushings.

I would recommend Steeda and I buy through Silver Horse Racing. Never an issue, good prices, the best service.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:40 AM
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I've only ever seen steeda rear lcas I need fronts
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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I'm a fan of maximum motorsports. I run thier arms and braces, high qaulity stuff.

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/st...oducts_id=1193
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by shaun_beauchamp
The stock LCAs are stamped.
The GT500 units are reinforced stamped units.
Basic aftermarket units are steel tubes with poly bushing ends.
Some offer billet "I-Beam" style with poly bushings.

I would recommend Steeda and I buy through Silver Horse Racing. Never an issue, good prices, the best service.
Listen to Shaun. He knows what he's talking about. Helped me out with suspension stuff
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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I got the gt500s cuz I didn't see a need to spend 600 on adjustable ones and steeda doesn't make front LCAs
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 08:50 PM
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So are you looking for front or rear. I have both replaced with nonadjustable BMR units. I have nothing to regret on the rear arms, they are vastly better than stock with no appreciable gain in NVH (there's always some gained w/ mods but its barely noticeable). The front comes down to whether you want performance and road feel or if you want comfort. They're not horrible but the front arms will add noticeable NVH
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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Well now I got the Ford racing front LCAs, so I wanna get upper control arms in the front to finish it off
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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Well now I got the Ford racing front LCAs, so I wanna get upper control arms in the front to finish it off
Are you wanting to replace the front control arms or the rear Upper control arm?
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 07:54 PM
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Im going to replace the front Lca and now I want to replace the front upper control arm
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by atrav83
Im going to replace the front Lca and now I want to replace the front upper control arm
You do realize there is no front upper control arm on the S197 mustang, right?
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by atrav83
Im going to replace the front Lca and now I want to replace the front upper control arm
Go ahead! Tell us how it goes!
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 12:05 AM
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Is that a bad idea? Lol if it is please tell me idk about suspension much
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 12:06 AM
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Oh ok lol nvm then haha sorry guys
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 05:22 AM
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Oh ok lol nvm then haha sorry guys
Yeah your front suspension looks like this. One control arm per wheel, sometimes people slip and call them lower control arms either because its location corresponds to where the LCA would be on an older generation mustang (where it actually does have lower and upper arms in the front), or because they're on the bottom of the front suspension:



Or a different view:



And the rear looks like this, one lower control arm per side (kind of blocked by the axle in this view) and one upper control arm mounted on top of the differential:


Last edited by Cavero; Jan 16, 2013 at 05:24 AM. Reason: more pics
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Cavero

Yeah your front suspension looks like this. One control arm per wheel, sometimes people slip and call them lower control arms either because its location corresponds to where the LCA would be on an older generation mustang (where it actually does have lower and upper arms in the front), or because they're on the bottom of the front suspension:

Or a different view:

And the rear looks like this, one lower control arm per side (kind of blocked by the axle in this view) and one upper control arm mounted on top of the differential:
Thanks for the explaination, I was confused there lol so should I do my rear lca next??
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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I did relocation brackets with J&M LCA's with poly bushings, ran on the lowest setting on the bracket, and beat the snot out of the car for 4 years, held up like a champ, price is right and J&M support is outstanding!
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