So my coworker is using my garage to work on his s-13 and bought a new control arm/tension rod combo and said that if I wanted his old D-Max ones that I could take them.

D-Max D1 Spec Pillow Tension Rods | GTR Garage
that's them.

My only concern is if they will fit. I'm thinking of swapping out the two bolts on the control arm side for longer ones and adding a spacer to make the bar parallel with this ground. would anyone know if this would work or have a better idea of how to get it to work?

 

They are made for a 240. Doubt they will fit

 

your ******* kidding right?

 

nah im totally serious. sure its 'designed' for a specific car but be real. a metal bar is a metal bar. the only thing I forsee being anything close to an issue is that its 13 inches long while most that I see for cobalts are 11 or 12.

If I cant find a way to get my bolt idea to work, I may just go ahead and weld the sunovabich on there.

 

if you want to eliminated forward and backward wheel movement just get powell cabs.

 

Even the moog's for 40 dollars will eliminate forward and backward wheel movement.

 

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are these what you're talking about? ive eye-balled them a couple times but I guess I just don't quite get how its going to help prevent wheel hop. I see it and think that wheel hops still gunna be there, but wont put as much stress on the control arm. but then again, what the hell do I know...

 

Your little metal bars won't help wheel hop either more then likely

 

Not the right way to solve the problem, get the Moog or Powell CABS instead.

 

The OEM rubber bushings are very poorly designed and allow alot of movement in the control arm that contributes to wheel hop. Spherical bushings correct this design flaw by forcing the control arm to only move in the direction it was intended to move. Most people report a night and day difference in the way the car feels overall when switching to spherical bushings.

 

apparently nothing. lol.

 

Bahahahahaha

 

^that's the joke...

and Spawne32, thanks for explaining it.
after you mentioned them, I tried finding out how they works but the best you get, even from moog, is 'you get better movement'. and im stuck sitting here going 'well what the hell does better movement translate to in terms of performance...'

 

the 240 has 2 pieces bolted together to form the control arm, the part you posted is one of those pieces. the cobalt uses a control arm thats one piece, there is no were to bolt that on, nor is it needed.