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PANHARD ROD & LCA'S
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Well the next component to get tackled was my rear suspension.
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ADJUSTABLE PANHARD ROD
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Well thanks to Joe's hand me down, I became a proud owner of a Herb Adams Pan hard rod.
This was a pretty straight forward install. Joe jacked up the car so the rear-end would sag and loose tension. Then he loosened the bolts and out came the old one.
Both the Adj. Pan hard & the upper pan hard received a fresh coat of single stage Spies Hecker red to match the body.
Over time there was tons of chips and such, plus some grime that would just not clean off, so it was time for a fresh coat of paint!
Red primer
Red base!
Clear coat!
Installed
And just like that they were back in.
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LOWER CONTROL ARMS
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Next came the Granatelli LCAs, also a hand me down from Joe. They also came out easy once the rear of the car was up in the air.
They received the same red paint job.
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RELOCATION BRACKETS
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Now when you lower a car at all, it changes the geometry of the suspension angles the car was designed with. To correct this geometry, relocation brackets are used. I purchased a set of BMR's relocation brackets. I chose them because they were a bolt on. See the rear end housing was already painted red & I could not see welding a set on and messing up that paint job.
They came powder coated red & were a simple bolt up install.
Here they are installed:
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S HANDLING SITE
01
Site Overview
02
Rims
03
Tires
04
Shocks & Struts
05
Lowering Springs
06
Panhard Rod & Lower Control Arms <<<
07
Steering
08
Sway Bars & Wonderbar
09
Strut Tower Brace
10
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Failure
11
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Passenger side damage
12
Old PA Racing A-Arms: Driver side damage
13
Subframe Connectors
14
Underbody View
15
Brakes
16
AJE Racing: Tubular cross member
17
AJE Racing: Tubular A-arms and coilover conversion
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