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Well its almost been a month since I installed the UPR k member on my car. Ive been driving it to work and back the whole time. It has MMR control arms with urethane bushings, urethane steering rack bushings and sway bar bushings, UPR adjustable tie rod ends, UPR coilovers, tokico struts, and MM CC plates in the front. installed everything pretty much around the same time.
The upr k member definately changed the toe angles alot. Tires were pointing outwards. I think this is mostly due to the location of the control arm mounting points. I got new tires and had it aligned but I adjusted the toe settings to where the tires were actually pointing straight again when it was installed. The adjustable tie rod ends were needed to do this. Its so easy to adjust them too. The whole setup is actually very quiet since I got the bugs worked out of it. If you were riding in it I doubt you would be able to tell it had coilovers on it.
On the highway it rides very smooth! It seems more stable at higher speeds which makes it alot more comfortable to drive imo. Around town going slower speeds it doesnt seem quite as smooth. The coilovers seem to react alot faster to the road surface. You can pretty much feel every crack in the road while going slow. But that means you can also feel the road surface alot better through the steering wheel. I have the 250lb springs and its actually pretty firm in the corners. There is body roll, but its a drastic reduction from stock. It takes corners alot better and I can do it at higher speeds without feeling loose. The handling is good and a big improvement over stock, but still could be better. I guess thats where maximum motorsports comes in? IDK...The rear will get loose before the front does right now anyway. Its pretty much stock rearend with H&R springs and tokico shocks. Itll hold the corners good but if you give it too much throttle like anything it will get loose in the rear and take the front along with it.
The MMR A arms and urethane bushings fit good and are very quiet. I actually had to slightly shave two of the bushings to fit the k member. The only thing I can really say about them is that they are alot lighter than stock. I dont know if theyve actually improved handling, but they look cool. The whole setup shaved lots of weight. The steering wheel feels alot easier to turn now. It didnt really increase the steering angles like the MM kit is supposed to though. After installing the k member and control arms the car was sitting a little higher in the front than it was before. But I lowered it back. I really dont notice the weight savings while driving the car, but im sure its helping anyways.
People were telling me that the UPR k member was a bad idea on the street, but ive had no issues sofar with it. And ive hit several potholes already and other bumps in the road without anything getting loose. I am using foxbody struts and shocks. They have not bottomed out at all. Ive been over some pretty big bumps and while it does feel pretty rough sometimes, the suspension seems to be taking it well. The main problem im having is the car may be a little too low in the front. Ive been scraping too many things. I have 315s in the rear and they do not rub my fenders at all and I dont have them rolled. The front tires have rubbed the fenders a little only because I was doing 80-90mph going over bumps on the interstate.
Overall I am satisfied with the setup sofar. It handles better than stock, but could be better IMO. It sticks the corners alot better but saying "it feels like its on rails" may be an overstatement. I mainly bought it so I could fit the turbo and so I could lower it. I would like to one day upgrade to maximum motorsports K member and coilovers to extract every bit of handling possible. Some rear suspension upgrades would help alot to neutralize the handling characteristics. I would like to soon add an IRS to it and possibly a 4 or 6 point cage also. Then the suspension would be "finished".
The upr k member definately changed the toe angles alot. Tires were pointing outwards. I think this is mostly due to the location of the control arm mounting points. I got new tires and had it aligned but I adjusted the toe settings to where the tires were actually pointing straight again when it was installed. The adjustable tie rod ends were needed to do this. Its so easy to adjust them too. The whole setup is actually very quiet since I got the bugs worked out of it. If you were riding in it I doubt you would be able to tell it had coilovers on it.
On the highway it rides very smooth! It seems more stable at higher speeds which makes it alot more comfortable to drive imo. Around town going slower speeds it doesnt seem quite as smooth. The coilovers seem to react alot faster to the road surface. You can pretty much feel every crack in the road while going slow. But that means you can also feel the road surface alot better through the steering wheel. I have the 250lb springs and its actually pretty firm in the corners. There is body roll, but its a drastic reduction from stock. It takes corners alot better and I can do it at higher speeds without feeling loose. The handling is good and a big improvement over stock, but still could be better. I guess thats where maximum motorsports comes in? IDK...The rear will get loose before the front does right now anyway. Its pretty much stock rearend with H&R springs and tokico shocks. Itll hold the corners good but if you give it too much throttle like anything it will get loose in the rear and take the front along with it.
The MMR A arms and urethane bushings fit good and are very quiet. I actually had to slightly shave two of the bushings to fit the k member. The only thing I can really say about them is that they are alot lighter than stock. I dont know if theyve actually improved handling, but they look cool. The whole setup shaved lots of weight. The steering wheel feels alot easier to turn now. It didnt really increase the steering angles like the MM kit is supposed to though. After installing the k member and control arms the car was sitting a little higher in the front than it was before. But I lowered it back. I really dont notice the weight savings while driving the car, but im sure its helping anyways.
People were telling me that the UPR k member was a bad idea on the street, but ive had no issues sofar with it. And ive hit several potholes already and other bumps in the road without anything getting loose. I am using foxbody struts and shocks. They have not bottomed out at all. Ive been over some pretty big bumps and while it does feel pretty rough sometimes, the suspension seems to be taking it well. The main problem im having is the car may be a little too low in the front. Ive been scraping too many things. I have 315s in the rear and they do not rub my fenders at all and I dont have them rolled. The front tires have rubbed the fenders a little only because I was doing 80-90mph going over bumps on the interstate.
Overall I am satisfied with the setup sofar. It handles better than stock, but could be better IMO. It sticks the corners alot better but saying "it feels like its on rails" may be an overstatement. I mainly bought it so I could fit the turbo and so I could lower it. I would like to one day upgrade to maximum motorsports K member and coilovers to extract every bit of handling possible. Some rear suspension upgrades would help alot to neutralize the handling characteristics. I would like to soon add an IRS to it and possibly a 4 or 6 point cage also. Then the suspension would be "finished".
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I put 5k on a year so we shall see! Took 7 hours all said and done but 2 of it was wasted since one of the heads of the alingment rack kept needing to be reset 
