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glow0885 Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2011 Posts: 19 Location: martinsville, in
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:36 pm Post subject: Rear arms |
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Looking for a set of rear arms. Either 3x3 or 3x5. Haven’t made up my mind for sure what ones yet. Anyone know where to get a good set from? |
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Double-Double Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2019 Posts: 640 Location: Oregon
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glow0885 Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2011 Posts: 19 Location: martinsville, in
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:59 am Post subject: Re: Rear arms |
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I guess I should have asked if anyone knew about the quality of the arms that are available. Just looking at a pic online doesn’t tell you much. |
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oldschool5er Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2007 Posts: 804 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: Rear arms |
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glow0885 wrote: |
I guess I should have asked if anyone knew about the quality of the arms that are available. Just looking at a pic online doesn’t tell you much. |
Kartek does sell some of the best and caters to racers for them. You can even go to a more custom made arm but way more expensive.
I have used so many of various makers I lost count. I even tried the Chinese and Latest Rage crap with poor results.
Right now I have been using Nicks arms from Buggy Barn Fabrication with very good success. They are really nice quality at a very reasonable price and USA made by him. He stands up for his quality and the ones I have used have not had the unusual camber issues some of the other cheaper brands have. _________________ HRE in Westerville,Ohio
Full machine shop with all types of CNC. Rapid prototyping available, CNC Plasma cutting, 3D printing and Laser engraving. |
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jimmyhoffa Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2014 Posts: 1047 Location: St. Louis
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Rear arms |
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Nice info oldschool5er. I was narrowing down to a few choices, and Nick's Buggy Barn Fab. arms were definitely in the running. Fairly priced, made in USA by a real buggy enthusiast. _________________ 1974 Chenowth 2RL #1244 Street Legal
My other car isn't ridiculous. |
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tobiism Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2004 Posts: 502 Location: Chandler AZ
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Rear arms |
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[quote="jimmyhoffa"]Nice info oldschool5er. I was narrowing down to a few choices, and Nick's Buggy Barn Fab. arms were definitely in the running. Fairly priced, made in USA by a real buggy enthusiast.[/quote
I have his front and rear arms and they are gorgeous. My build is still in mock-up but I'm very happy with them so far.] _________________ "There has never been a genius without a hint of madness."
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aduarte Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Avondale,AZ
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:41 am Post subject: Re: Rear arms |
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oldschool5er
Do you have a contact number for Nick at Buggy Barn Fabrication? I have a Porsche speedster replica project and I would like to contact him about fabricating some stock size tubular or boxed IRS trailing arms for me. I plan to eliminate the torsion bar setup and run coil overs. Thank you I advance for your assistance.
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Arnold |
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