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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: mugz_dubz on February 15, 2012, 04:57:03 PM

Title: Rose jointed tca
Post by: mugz_dubz on February 15, 2012, 04:57:03 PM
Iam thinkin gettin made rose jointed tca but not just the back bush but the anti rollbar one also what are ppls opions and what wud they be worth puttin into accout a genuine g40 arm from vw is about £86 + vat

Is this a gd idea??

So wud ppl buy them??

And what wud u pay??


Tell me what u think
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: PeteG40 on February 15, 2012, 05:13:44 PM
have a look at PPP - they are currently testing adjustable ones.
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: Raw on February 16, 2012, 12:55:37 PM
It all depends whether people would pay money to somebody for a safety critical component, who can't even be arsed to put effort into their spelling and grammar.
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: Yoof on February 16, 2012, 02:29:30 PM
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u124/Polo-pp/Ultimate%20Subframe/DSC01105.jpg)

Already been on our cars for about a year, Hayesey has another trackday coming up soon, Andy is racking up road miles as/when and I'm planning on putting my car on the road for some more miles within the next month or so.

Once we're happy with them, they get sold, limited batches but rose joints are service items and will be availble from places like Rally Design etc.

Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: hayesey on February 16, 2012, 03:11:38 PM
as above, have had these on my car for a while now and have done a couple of track days on them.  No issues what-so-ever.

Inner joint is metal spherical bearing and in the outer I am using a nylon bush.
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: Yoof on February 16, 2012, 03:53:26 PM
Also worth mentioning, when these do go on sale they require the chassis mount and subframe holes to be enlarged to 13mm to fit a larger bolt in for the rose joint.

Andy and Hayesey have both done this with the engine in situ- it's not easy!

I did it with the engine out at the time and it's a 5min job. Worth it for adjustable camber though.
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: scotsjohn on February 16, 2012, 04:13:10 PM
Lovely work but rubber boots for road use Pete?
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: hayesey on February 16, 2012, 04:14:00 PM
yep mine has rubber boots
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: Andy on February 16, 2012, 05:34:48 PM
Quote from: scotsjohn on February 16, 2012, 04:13:10 PM
Lovely work but rubber boots for road use Pete?
All the rosejoints on our products come with rubber boots.  :)

Nylon outer bushes are required, I tried it without and there's just too much movement in the arm otherwise.

Drilling the chassis is possible (easiest with good quality sharp drill bits....) with everything in-situ, but involved jacking the engine in my case to get access. If you've got a 90° drill then it'd be dead easy!
Title: Re: Rose jointed tca
Post by: Jezza-7 on February 16, 2012, 08:13:50 PM
Im deffo getting these!!!