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z400rider8787 · 05-26-2009, 03:06 AM

i really like your trailing arm brackets, and they look fairly easy to make. i have a friend who is a metal genious that could help me build those in a day. i have a pair of 5 inch drop coil springs i could use. all i need to do a swap would be the rear end brackets, panhard bar, and the control arm brackets like you made. and this might be a stupid question but what exactly is are caltrac bars? also would i need a different type of spring or would the drop coils i have work? in the front im running tubular lower control arms and a disc brake spindle set up off a 71. 3 1/2" drop. maybe i could just pick up some control arms off e-bay and clean them up and build some brackets for the cross member like you did, weld on the rear end brackets and spring cups. and i should be good right? that sounds pretty cheap, what do you think?

05-26-2009, 03:06 AM	#3
z400rider8787 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Yelm, WA Posts: 62	Re: rear suspension help i really like your trailing arm brackets, and they look fairly easy to make. i have a friend who is a metal genious that could help me build those in a day. i have a pair of 5 inch drop coil springs i could use. all i need to do a swap would be the rear end brackets, panhard bar, and the control arm brackets like you made. and this might be a stupid question but what exactly is are caltrac bars? also would i need a different type of spring or would the drop coils i have work? in the front im running tubular lower control arms and a disc brake spindle set up off a 71. 3 1/2" drop. maybe i could just pick up some control arms off e-bay and clean them up and build some brackets for the cross member like you did, weld on the rear end brackets and spring cups. and i should be good right? that sounds pretty cheap, what do you think?