Thread: Superior Engineering Superflex arms for Rovers.

Originally Posted by LowRanger

I think you must have been a tad naughty this year Grimace,if there are nothing like this under your Xmas tree

Nice to see they are a black finish. Looks much better IMHO.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I'm impressed! Should the axle bushes be rotated 90 degrees like how the Haultech holey bushes are installed or is that correct?

I was wondering the same thing myself.

Originally Posted by LowRanger

I have spoken to Greg about this and this allows the bushes to have maximum deflection,which is what I want,as the vehicle is only a weekend truck.Rotating the bushes will stiffen things a little and will be better for a daily driver.People will be able to confer with Greg and work out what they require.The bushes are genuine Nissan and hence much larger and beefier than the Landie ones,that I was going through like hot cakes

This has me confused. I can't see how the bushes in this orientation allow more deflection then in a more vertical plane?
All I have for comparison is the use of holey bushes in an almost vertical plane, which wear fast but seem to net similar results to new SF arms.
If indeed the holey bushes will give more deflection in the horizontal plane then I might throw a set on the 2d extreme arms and do a direct comparison with the SF arms on my vehicle.

Can't wait to get the car flexing again, and these new arms look to be the best option for those interested in getting the most out of a Rover front end with out custom links (3 link etc).

Originally Posted by Grimace

Nice to see they are a black finish. Looks much better IMHO.







I was wondering the same thing myself.



This has me confused. I can't see how the bushes in this orientation allow more deflection then in a more vertical plane?
All I have for comparison is the use of holey bushes in an almost vertical plane, which wear fast but seem to net similar results to new SF arms.
If indeed the holey bushes will give more deflection in the horizontal plane then I might throw a set on the 2d extreme arms and do a direct comparison with the SF arms on my vehicle.

Can't wait to get the car flexing again, and these new arms look to be the best option for those interested in getting the most out of a Rover front end with out custom links (3 link etc).

Don't worry,you will be able to flex again
But just one thing,Holey bushes do NOT net anything remotely similar to the amount of flex you will get from these arms
Been there,done that

Wayne, looking at the pics, it appears as if there is a little more depth of material in the arms compared to stock. And it looks like some of this is above the centre line. When at full cross articulation, the arm that is on the up travel side, does it come close to fowling on the underside of the front bulkhead outrigger?

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Don't worry,you will be able to flex again
But just one thing,Holey bushes do NOT net anything remotely similar to the amount of flex you will get from these arms
Been there,done that

Cheers, I was just comparing the images you have posted to my previous results with holey bushes.
It's hard to compare in that manner.

Might still do a comparison down the track as I will have the cranked arms sitting here doing nothing.

Originally Posted by uninformed

Wayne, looking at the pics, it appears as if there is a little more depth of material in the arms compared to stock. And it looks like some of this is above the centre line. When at full cross articulation, the arm that is on the up travel side, does it come close to fowling on the underside of the front bulkhead outrigger?

Serg
Nothing fouls anywhere the way I have things set up,the bump stops would hit before the arms would hit the outrigger,but I do have extended bump stops.But still have plenty of up travel as can be seen in the pics

Originally Posted by Grimace

Cheers, I was just comparing the images you have posted to my previous results with holey bushes.
It's hard to compare in that manner.

Might still do a comparison down the track as I will have the cranked arms sitting here doing nothing.

Grimace
It is probably difficult to compare with pics between a Defender and a Rangie,as the visual reference points are all different.

The limiting factor with my set up is the shocks,where as previously the available travel with the holey bushes was very close to the length of the shocks I previously had fitted,which were shorter than I now have fitted.

Will these become available for D2's in the future?

cheers, Chris

Is there video?

Jeff

Originally Posted by Jeff

Is there video?

Jeff

Nah no video Jeff,the photos are from a day out testing that everything was going to be ok,before they became available for sale