Need toe arm suggestions

veer90

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Can anyone suggest me some toe arms for a high hp N54? I daily it at 650+ wtq and it makes 755 wtq on kill.

I been through 2 sets of rogue engineering toe arms with the spherical end bearings and grease fittings. This new set of bearings already have play in them after a few thousand miles and I make sure to grease them every few weeks.

Should I install a toe arm w rubber end bushings like Manzo?

In the rear I have m3 control arms, ECS billet trailing arm, and RE toe arms. If rubber is fine for the power I'll use it, tired of developing play and having to replace arms then needing alignment.
 
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SJ_1989

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I've heard good things about SPL but I haven't used them so can't really comment other than this is what I'll be using in the future.
 

ShocknAwe

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Honestly, I think a high quality rubber sealed bearing (not spherical) is your best bet. I've been through 2 sets of spherical toes and switched, won't be putting any more sphericals on the car.
 

bantam

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Supposedly Barry @3dm was working on something for this, but he has since turned into a ghost. Anyone heard from him on his ball joint toe arms?
 

gmagnus7

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or just put poly bushings in the toe arm if you dont want spherical or sealed rubber
 

Slonik

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cnc machined from aircraft aluminum. ready for long time and everyday usage, silent bearings, (similar to oem bearings), which you can change per 20-30$ per piece.
we've made them with corrected custom length for our track prepared lowered e82 cars (non M suspension setup), to go with 2-2.5 degrees negative camber.
we can made any length, so for 1m/m3 suspension also.
 

ShocknAwe

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and anodized in blac

cnc machined from aircraft aluminum. ready for long time and everyday usage, silent bearings, (similar to oem bearings), which you can change per 20-30$ per piece.
we've made them with corrected custom length for our track prepared lowered e82 cars (non M suspension setup), to go with 2-2.5 degrees negative camber.
we can made any length, so for 1m/m3 suspension also.

Very similar to what I have for toe arms, can definitely say this is the way to go.
 

bantam

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So Barry kind of left us hanging with updates, but his website now lists stock arms with pressed in bearings for sale. Alternatively, according to a thread in the N54 section of bummerboost, you can buy an OEM style lemforder bearing that is a direct fit to press into your stock arms. If the concern is the flexure of the arm, then you are basically stuck doing a billet arm with bearings, none of the aftermarket style appear to incorporate proper bearings