Racing Green tubular front suspension.

[Pink_Floyd]

Has any one fitted the tubular front wishbones that Racing Green are selling?

[spend]

I have the Peninsular ones, don't know who makes the ones you are referring to?

Dave

[rctonka]

I'll second that question, ive just stripped the wishbones off of my car ready for new bones, ball joints and bushes, the bits dont seem to come cheap.

[Pink_Floyd]

Front lower wishbones

[rctonka]

Pink Floyd YHM

[Chimjunkie]

So why were they not made like this in the first place? More expensive to make? Thought they would be cheaper, surely?

[PurpleV8]

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

[E1DJH]

PurpleV8 said:

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

Help me here for a minute
PDQ Developments are £380 per pair (not stated Vat inc or ex) The RG ones are £156.66each including VAT (£313.32 Inc Vat. What am i missing that makes the PDQ ones much cheaper?

[Ribol]

E1DJH said:

PurpleV8 said:

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

Help me here for a minute
PDQ Developments are £380 per pair (not stated Vat inc or ex) The RG ones are £156.66each including VAT (£313.32 Inc Vat. What am i missing that makes the PDQ ones much cheaper?

Isn't it £380 for a "front wishbone set" - the set, as in all four?

[ray_von]

Ribol said:

E1DJH said:

PurpleV8 said:

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

Help me here for a minute
PDQ Developments are £380 per pair (not stated Vat inc or ex) The RG ones are £156.66each including VAT (£313.32 Inc Vat. What am i missing that makes the PDQ ones much cheaper?

Isn't it £380 for a "front wishbone set" - the set, as in all four?

Certainly looks that way to me. They look a good bit of kit.
waits for someone to start on about damaging chassis in an accident

[That Daddy]

ray_von said:

Ribol said:

E1DJH said:

PurpleV8 said:

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

Help me here for a minute
PDQ Developments are £380 per pair (not stated Vat inc or ex) The RG ones are £156.66each including VAT (£313.32 Inc Vat. What am i missing that makes the PDQ ones much cheaper?

Isn't it £380 for a "front wishbone set" - the set, as in all four?

Certainly looks that way to me. They look a good bit of kit.
waits for someone to start on about damaging chassis in an accident

[Chimjunkie]

Yeah good point. Just had a front end in mine which bent a front lower wishbone. Absolutely no damage to chassis! Any impact on the wheel was absorbed in the wishbone section. Guess this answers my question further up of why they were not tubular in the first place?

[E1DJH]

Ribol said:

E1DJH said:

PurpleV8 said:

They look the same as these http://www.pdqdevelopments.co.uk/ExhaustSuspension...
which are much cheaper. This could be where Racing Green get them from.
I've got a set I’m just about to fit once the chassis prep and painting is finished. They look to be very good quality so far.

Help me here for a minute
PDQ Developments are £380 per pair (not stated Vat inc or ex) The RG ones are £156.66each including VAT (£313.32 Inc Vat. What am i missing that makes the PDQ ones much cheaper?

Isn't it £380 for a "front wishbone set" - the set, as in all four?

Ah, i see now, me being stoopid
As i look at it again, it seems PDQ set = Upper AND Lower, RG just = lower. Thanks for pointing that out.

note to self, read the bloody description before you buy

[Ribol]

Chimjunkie said:

Yeah good point. Just had a front end in mine which bent a front lower wishbone. Absolutely no damage to chassis! Any impact on the wheel was absorbed in the wishbone section. Guess this answers my question further up of why they were not tubular in the first place?

Maybe they could be considerably stronger than the originals and there still wouldn't be any damage to the chassis. In fact you might argue that if they were a bit stronger there might not be any damage to the wishbones either in smaller knocks.

When you compare the TVR wishbones to what holds the wheels in place in most cars they look like rubbish, strength and quality wise.

[RetroWheels]

Readman Racing make them with rose jointed option as well...

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/parts4sale.php