New front wishbones

[nigegas]

Hi guys just wondering where u bought yours from as I've heard some have a better finish i.e. Powder coating
Than others as I'm doing a full suspension upgrade at the moment
I'm told SC power ones are very good your thoughts
Nige.

[Richard 858]

Richard Thorpe (RT Racing) for standard or Grantura Engineering (aka Readman Racing) for upgraded tubular. I'm sure SC Powers are also ok.

[glow worm]

X-Works can get hold of tubular....I'm very pleased with mine .. quality product and no more sharp edges for the powder coat to flake and rust.

[Andav469]

I bought mine from Powers 4 years ago, they look just as good today, this pic is recent

[Richard 858]

Curved tubular upgrade to allow for wider front tyres.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

Where did you get those from ? They look different to the Readman Racing ones I have.

Edited by SILICONEKID345HP on Wednesday 8th February 09:12

[Andav469]

Richard 858 said:

Curved tubular upgrade to allow for wider front tyres.

How wide can you go, I'm running 225's now, not sure it needs wider on the front

[phazed]

I'm running 235s

[Fickle1]

Hi,

I wasn't happy with the Sheffield manufactured wishbones supplied via Powers. Lots of chips and cracks on the powder coating, weld splatter and in my opinion lack of weld pen. Return and refund went smoothly. The front wishbones supplied by SC Power were what I was looking for but were painted and not powder coated. I used an additional POR15 layer on top.

I had similar issues with the rears but ended up preserving the chipped powder coat with a good quality white paint.

[Richard 858]

Andav469 said:

How wide can you go, I'm running 225's now, not sure it needs wider on the front

Erm.........I'm experimenting.......

[portzi]

Richard 858 said:

Andav469 said:

How wide can you go, I'm running 225's now, not sure it needs wider on the front

Erm.........I'm experimenting.......

Oh go on then more tubular wishbone porn

Mine are not curved like Richards so my specialist put 2mm rack stops to stop rubbing on 16" spiders, 225/50.

Edited by portzi on Wednesday 8th February 05:51

Edited by portzi on Wednesday 8th February 05:52

[zed4]

Get them supplied not powder coated. Then you can have them hot zinc sprayed (metallised)

http://www.nspcoatings.co.uk/hot-zinc-spraying.php

Then you can have them painted over the zinc coating. They are then guaranteed never to rust. Ever.

[ukkid35]

Richard at RT Racing will prefit bushes for you if you ask, just received my lower wishbones two days ago. Always brilliant service from Richard.

Will be posting a pic of my old bent and twisted wishbones shortly - and I haven't hit anything!

[Tony91]

Can anyone tell me the Torque settings for the Wishbones and the Strut fixings also Ball joint fixings.
Thanks Tony

[ClassicChimaera]

zed4 said:

Get them supplied not powder coated. Then you can have them hot zinc sprayed (metallised)

http://www.nspcoatings.co.uk/hot-zinc-spraying.php

Then you can have them painted over the zinc coating. They are then guaranteed never to rust. Ever.

This is the way to go because if you don't they will be rusting away in no time if you actually use the car for anything other than bone dry runs on stone free roads.

[zed4]

ClassicChimaera said:

zed4 said:

Get them supplied not powder coated. Then you can have them hot zinc sprayed (metallised)

http://www.nspcoatings.co.uk/hot-zinc-spraying.php

Then you can have them painted over the zinc coating. They are then guaranteed never to rust. Ever.

This is the way to go because if you don't they will be rusting away in no time if you actually use the car for anything other than bone dry runs on stone free roads.

I forgot to say, speak to Southways about it. They took all my wishbones and had them thermally zinc sprayed by their supplier.

[AceOfHearts]

portzi said:

Oh go on then more tubular wishbone porn

Mine are not curved like Richards so my specialist put 2mm rack stops to stop rubbing on 16" spiders, 225/50.

Edited by portzi on Wednesday 8th February 05:51

Edited by portzi on Wednesday 8th February 05:52

Where were these from? Much better idea having a threaded camber adjustment than the standard clamp in slot arrangement!

[portzi]

AceOfHearts said:

Where were these from? Much better idea having a threaded camber adjustment than the standard clamp in slot arrangement!

Str8six nottingham do them, and are fitted to their chimaera race car, and I think the Tuscan which was up for sale last time I saw.

[ukkid35]

Richard 858 said:

Richard Thorpe (RT Racing) for standard or Grantura Engineering (aka Readman Racing) for upgraded tubular. I'm sure SC Powers are also ok.

The quality of Richards wishbones looks great to me, it will be interesting to see whether they fare better than the originals on my Cerb. Any thoughts on the Chim wishbone vs Cerb drag strut design?

The deformation is similar both sides, and I haven't hit anything!