rear trailing arm question/help/problem

MarkGetsIt · Post by **MarkGetsIt** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:07 am

aight so i finally fit my 19's on the car after we got the whole air ride setup fixed

only problem is now that when i drop the car, the rear trailing arm comes into direct contact with the inner part of the rim... rim aluminum, trailing arm cast iron or steel or whatever, well its messing my rim up and i need to know if anyone makes a trailing arm that will give me more clearance... i just don't understand how to fix it without grinding the trailing arm down to a toothpick size bar... please help, asap!!!

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:10 pm

Spacers. Or dont drop the car, keep it the way the suspension parts were designed to work and you wont have these problems.

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:57 pm

Mopar makes some offset ones and there are some on www.neongoodies.com too.

Matt

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:41 pm

spacers or have a fab shop make you some trailing arms

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:30 pm

Mopar00Neon wrote:Spacers. Or dont drop the car, keep it the way the suspension parts were designed to work and you wont have these problems.

You said what i was thinking

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:20 pm

Mopar00Neon wrote:Or dont drop the car, keep it the way the suspension parts were designed to work and you wont have these problems.

^^Totally unnecessary comment.

How wide are your rims? Mine is bagged as well, but i have 18's and i don't have any rubbing issues

CA180 · Post by **CA180** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:31 pm

i would try a small set of spacers, maybe the absolute minimum to get it off the arm. smalls ones shouldnt change it too much when the bags are full.

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:27 pm

Just a hint if you replace them tighten them down on the ground or on 4 wheel on a drive on lift. Makes a word of difference especially if you have urethane.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:21 pm

ewetho wrote:Just a hint if you replace them tighten them down on the ground or on 4 wheel on a drive on lift. Makes a word of difference especially if you have urethane.

what if you are so low (without bags) you can't put it on the ground to tighten it

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:08 am

Then you should do it on a drive on rack or set the car to ride height and tighten them. But if your that low then you have no suspension travel to worry about ride quality anyway.

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:41 pm

sullygully wrote:
Mopar00Neon wrote:Or dont drop the car, keep it the way the suspension parts were designed to work and you wont have these problems.
^^Totally unnecessary comment.

No it wasnt, you edited the part where I gave the guy the same answer everyone else did out of my quote. And besides, I decide what is and isnt necessary from me. So bite me Pickle.

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:19 pm

ewetho wrote:. But if your that low then you have no suspension travel to worry about ride quality anyway.

You're forgetting the he is on air ride. They are ment to be driven low. As a matter of fact, the ride quality gets better the lower you are droped.

Mopar00Neon wrote:
sullygully wrote:
Mopar00Neon wrote:Or dont drop the car, keep it the way the suspension parts were designed to work and you wont have these problems.
^^Totally unnecessary comment.

No it wasnt, you edited the part where I gave the guy the same answer everyone else did out of my quote.

...exactly... hence why i didn't add the first comment you made into my "totally unnecessary comment" remark

MarkGetsIt · Post by **MarkGetsIt** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:34 pm

will the Mopar Rear Tension Strut Kit (P4510826) do the trick???

its the only aftermarket part i could find for the 2nd gen

and to all the haters out there, suck it, i'm bagged on 19's and it looks dope... i'm all show, some go, thats my bag.

please don't rag cuz you have a dif agenda

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:52 pm

Yes, that was the kit I was refering to when I said mopar makes some offset ones.

IMO I'd go modded tension struts over spacers. Not a big fan of spacers personally.

Are you that white/purple neon I seen pics of floating around?

Matt

CA180 · Post by **CA180** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:54 pm

i would never in my life bag a neon.....

but i'm saving for bags on my 81 chevy pickup, so i feel ya man. Its yer car man, screw the opinions.

I'll check out those part numbers tomorrow and see whats up. Hope you finger this out man

MarkGetsIt · Post by **MarkGetsIt** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:16 pm

i'm a silver neon on konig tuner2's and lambo doors. lol its pretty sweet but i need some new pictures asap

as for the part #'s, i;d love to know if that would help me out here. i'm dying