I saw a long time ago in a lowrider magazine, I don't know what issue it was (a mid-nineties), that they used a tubular contol arm from Chilshom Suspension. They put it on a regal that was all butterflied and stuff and it corrected the tire angles and stuff so it would not be butterflied as bad. They were also able to run a taller coil due to the fact that the spring cup on the control arm was set deeper.
My question is would it be possible to use these types of arms for a hopper, with of course proper reinforcing of the arm.
Here is what I picked up from Hydrota on LIL, he stated something to the affect that the air arms bent after awhile.
I have also thought of these and wondered if the arms were hollow or solid.
I cannot say if these arm were 100% better for hopping than what is used now. And I am not sure if LRM would allow the use of these in the single pump class.
As for the street, it's hard to say how well it would be received if others knew you were using these, and as for getting up more, would it matter since there is not a battery/weight limit on street hops.
I'd like to see these being used, I like the idea of more room for the coils/access and also I like the idea that you could custom design them to having the spindle sit lower so that the frame sits higher. The nice thing about the frame sitting higher is that there is less chance of bottoming out.
