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BlueZee28
03-24-2007, 01:02 PM
I'm one step closer to this rear end swap now that I picked up my custom adjustable panhard bar. A guy from my local club made me one using QA1 rod/poly ends. It's an anodized aluminum shaft with a combo rod/poly. I paid less than I would have had I bought one from UMI or BMR, and this one is just as strong if not stronger.

Check out this bad boy :)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/bluezee28/DSCF1572.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/bluezee28/DSCF1573.jpg
Jpack
03-24-2007, 01:04 PM
Looks awesome man. Good deal!
Irish350
03-24-2007, 01:26 PM
rockin, didnt ethan make one of these?
Etown_RS
03-27-2007, 07:33 AM
Looks good.
How does the poly end look? Are they hollow or tubular?
BlueZee28
03-28-2007, 12:51 AM
Looks good.
How does the poly end look? Are they hollow or tubular?


I don't think I understand the question? :thinking:
Etown_RS
04-08-2007, 10:00 PM
Do you have a picture of the polturathane end? Are the tubes hollow or solid. sorry, heh.
BlueZee28
04-08-2007, 10:06 PM
Do you have a picture of the polturathane end? Are the tubes hollow or solid. sorry, heh.
The second picture I posted is the poly end :)

The tubes I think are hollow, it's pretty light weight so I don't think it is solid.
Etown_RS
04-08-2007, 10:14 PM
That's not the kind of poly end I am used to... Oh, well. Looks good though. How they working for you?
BlueZee28
04-08-2007, 11:07 PM
It's actually working out for me great. It fit up perfectly with the stock brackets, and I haven't had any issues with knocking sounds or slushy handling.
NastyZ
04-09-2007, 08:16 AM
Whats the thickness on the rod itself ? I would have used chromolly instead ...a bit more riged
BlueZee28
04-09-2007, 10:02 AM
Whats the thickness on the rod itself ? I would have used chromolly instead ...a bit more riged


It's anodized aluminum, and I assume you mean the thickness of the wall of the rod? I'm not sure. I can find out though.
NastyZ
04-10-2007, 09:47 AM
yup thats what I ment. The stock PH bar ( with the sturctural bends) flexes ....I don't see how that aluminum bar will not flex . Anodizeing is just a coating really.... does nothing for stiffness.
Etown_RS
04-10-2007, 07:47 PM
I don't know about his, but my LCAs are 0.220 wall thickness. Plenty stiff enough. Someone that is running them wrecked his car into a bank on a road course hard enough to bend his rear axle around the LCA and it didn't damage the LCA. Makes them ok in my book.
BlueZee28
04-11-2007, 10:06 AM
yup thats what I ment. The stock PH bar ( with the sturctural bends) flexes ....I don't see how that aluminum bar will not flex . Anodizeing is just a coating really.... does nothing for stiffness.


This is much more rigid than the stock phb. The stock one is super flimsy.