DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?
This thread isn’t even about their stuff nor are they even around anymore. And I didn’t bring it up so we could rehash a dead product line. Let’s move on.
Actually, XV is still around. It was brought back by one of the employees as "XV Engineering" and although changes have been made to some of their products, they are still around.
XV Racing Products LLC
never knew there was engineering analysis to add a gusset to a ball joint stud. (pssst....my gusset comment was sarcasm)
Yeah I was referring to your K frame. But congratulations, you caught me. Although maybe someone should look into the strength of a taller spindle vs a 2" extended ball joint stud.
QA1 do homework? No, thy just buy the other kid's (who stole it from another kid) class project and market it. Especially when it comes to Mopar I don't think they really know what they're doing. The only thing they have that is organic to them, concerning Mopar, is that leaf spring thing and I don't see that on their site anymore. I'm no fan of theirs or Gerst anything.
I know we've had this discussion before, but QA1 buying up products that have already been designed and then refining them is a pretty good business model. Gerst was basically just a rip off of RMS, but their welded uprights were a disaster. QA1 had to spend the time to fix that stuff, the same way that they had to redesign most of the products they took over when they bought CAP (K frames, LCA's, UCA's). The QA1 UCA's are not in any way like the CAP ones, they were a whole new product.
Saying that QA1, which is one of the largest aftermarket suspension suppliers for a LOT of different makes/models, "don't know what they're doing" seems unfounded. Maybe they're not Mopar people at heart, but, clearly they know what they're doing.
So that tubular LCA solution they offer is what then, just more light weight something shiny throw it at the wall marketing hype for the gullible? Note, I am using a tad of reverse? sarcasm here.
Well, they do save about 8 lbs, although that's not really meaningful for most applications.
Their lower height profile does allow for more suspension travel, which by itself is a HUGE win for anyone driving a lowered car that wants to maintain suspension travel. The redesigned version that has a bump stop boss welded in requires a little modification now to do that, but the old version was a bolt on gain of nearly 1" of suspension travel.
That feature alone is why I bought them, because they allow me to run my car 2" lower than factory but maintain the same suspension travel (with more work to the bump stops to make up the rest of the difference).
