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I purchased the ATS spindles when ATS was still holder of the patent, and actually talked Tyler into making a steering arm for the A bodies. Pretty sure that thread is here, but may be on Pro-Touring.com. Tyler's main interest was for his 67-69 F body. At that time, he worked directly with Doug at GW to design and make the tubular control arms, lots of R&D went into those, not just a copy of the OE arm in tubular form.

Originally, the ATS AFX spindles used F body ball joints, but when Speedtech picked the rights up, they modded them to accept A body ball joints.

Anyway, I can say that with the ATS spindles and GW arms, the suspension rivals C5/C6 vettes. It brings the car(s) into modern territory, and along with an OD trans, is better than a lot of later model performance cars.

Having to upgrade brakes is not a 'gotcha', it's a blessing. Many wanted big brakes before any suspension enhancements kicked off with what is now called 'pro-touring'. Once your car has more power and better handling, you pretty much NEED big brakes. Once you reach that realization, looking at big brake kits will make your head swim and your wallet sweat, especially if you have to go back and replace stuff you recently upgraded.

I can say hands-down, the AFX setup is the one 'best' upgrade I've ever done, even more than adding more power.

Aftermarket control arms are way more reliable than OE, no worry of stress fractures, ball joints getting loose in the hole, and no/little deflection. I daily drove my LeMans for many years (@ 1991-2014), and beat it in the worst conditions imaginable. I've tried many different parts, most documented here, and yes, the AFX setup is the 'best' upgrade I've ever done.


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