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Old 11/3/12, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Gabe

Do you still get axle / wheel hop ?
Absolutely not lol. Honestly my wider wheels and tires got rid of it, but all the suspension stuff helped me feel more "grounded to the ground" lol
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My wide wheels and sticky tires got rid of my hop completely as far as I can tell.
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Looks like I'm going with the BMR rear lower control arms and the BMR relocation brackets, all for $290 shipped from latemodelrestoration, with free shipping

Do they offer a forum discount here? lol
Old 11/8/12, 05:50 AM
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Pleasantly surprised that Eibach Sportline's with Koni's completely eliminated my wheelhop. Stock Pirelli's too
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Originally Posted by Gabe
Looks like I'm going with the BMR rear lower control arms and the BMR relocation brackets, all for $290 shipped from latemodelrestoration, with free shipping

Do they offer a forum discount here? lol

Good call.
Old 11/8/12, 07:22 AM
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wheel hop

I removed my upper control arm, welded reinforcements on it, filled the bushing with loctite 3151 structual adhesive, no more hop, had the adhesive at work, no cost fix, just labor, have had many mustangs seems to me the upper control arm is the issue, used to replace uppers and lowers, just replaced the upper on my 06 gt that ran 11.60 with a 1.60 60ft and 275 drag radials. My Boss hopped bad at the strip before I did these mods to the uca no more hop now
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I installed Steeda Upper and Lower control arms, springs and a panhard bar and had ZERO hop at the strip on any launch.
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Are you guys that are having these wheelhop issues all manual cars? My car is a tuned automatic and has never had one instance of wheel hop.
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I just experienced wheel hop today. First time since I've changed my tires. It's weird, I've never had it before. Maybe it was a fluke.
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My wheel hop is gone in my 2012 Brembo/Manual car ever since I installed my Koni Strts and Steeda sport springs. It was horrible before, but gone now. Also, the stock Pirelli's contribute when it is cold. I am currently running Nitto Nt555's on 20' TSW Nurburgring's and I have zero wheel hop in any temperature.
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Just ordered the Roush uca and the FRPP lca,55D springs.Will report back after install.This should take car of my hop i hope!!
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Originally Posted by lefthandblack
My wheel hop is gone in my 2012 Brembo/Manual car ever since I installed my Koni Strts and Steeda sport springs. It was horrible before, but gone now. Also, the stock Pirelli's contribute when it is cold. I am currently running Nitto Nt555's on 20' TSW Nurburgring's and I have zero wheel hop in any temperature.
This is good to hear as this shock/spring combination is supposed to be a nice handling upgrade anyway... Did you do these mods all at once?

Did you concern yourself with the pinion angle issue at all?
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Originally Posted by Ponywars
Just ordered the Roush uca and the FRPP lca,55D springs.Will report back after install.This should take car of my hop i hope!!
Pretty much the exact setup I have, as I have BBP and added the Roush and 55d myself. Deals with it 90%, only evident when the weather turns really nasty and cold, which make the summer-only Pirellis into "PZerotractions".

I just tossed some UMI LCAs on there as well, with little noticeable change over the above setup but, it is only a couple degrees above freezing around here so, it's hard to know for sure. I do think you're taking the right course to address the upper first.
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My main complaint is hop in this cold weather,i didnt have any or much during the warmer months.But since i drive this car all year as long as there is no snow on the ground the hop is terrible.
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I hear ya. The tires are the culprit for what remains in my case, as the Pzero summers go rock hard in the winter weather. Probably not much further improvement for me until Mother Nature sticks her spoke in.
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