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Old 07-17-2017, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JKnight View Post
The shock mounting area/tabs of the factory stamped lower control arms aren't meant to carry the forces of the spring and shock. I wouldn't do it because it's not a very nice type of failure when/if the 45+ year old stamped sheet metal gives way.
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Originally Posted by dwilson View Post
I have seen the argument for the placement on the stamp lower control arms. I'm just not sure if this changes even with a newer tubular control arms and already have a place with simple holes drilled through it for the mounting.
This. If you look at the mounting hole for the shocks of the stock lower arms, the metal is quite thin. The QA1 set up places the entire front end weight on the thin spot, rather than spreading it out within the spring pocket.

Any quality aftermarket arms set up for coil overs will have the mounting area enforced with thicker metal.

Don't take our words for it, take apart the stock lowers and see for yourself.
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