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    Default Ball joint extenders

    Does anyone make these for a Nova?


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    What do you want them for?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich View Post
    What do you want them for?
    thats what i was thinking

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    The Nova balljoint is a bit of a weakpoint in the suspension setup as it is...I'd look at other ways of trying to achieve whatever it is you want to do

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    this makes the tca straight when you go very low so less bump steer

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    So you want rj's for the TRE's???
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    They're over there with their new toys. Someone brought them in. No idea who bought them though.....

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    normally used to lower the centre of the balljoint so the wishbone is still pointing down and hence 'lengthens' as the suspension is compressed, adding negative camber as the original layout did. The only alternative is raising the inner mount which is normally not possible.

    That said, I wouldnt fit those to my car!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mieran View Post
    this makes the tca straight when you go very low so less bump steer
    Dont use them for that, use a rosejoint conversion on the rack ends and mount them below the steering arms

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    Never seen a positive review on rose jointed track rod ends, everyone seems to hate them.

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    never seen anything like that before

    they look terible
    i can understand what your trying to do but not why you would want to use them "things"
    got to be a better way of doing it

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