Detroit Speed Front Weight Jacks
03-13-2016, 09:11 AM
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Detroit Speed Front Weight Jacks
Anybody taken a look at these? What makes them different than the swivel style weight jacks you can get at speedway?
03-13-2016, 12:53 PM
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Re: Detroit Speed Front Weight Jacks
It's a bottom up, rather than top down solution. Both are swivel.
Speedway is top down - weld in plate in spring cup (k-member), and turn bolt from the top. Much cheaper, much more work, not reversible (unless you buy another k-member).
DSE is bottom up - plate fits in their a-arms, and you turn the bolt from below the a-arm. No cutting or welding means it is reversible. BUT, you have to have their a-arms, too. Expensive, but if you ever sell the car, you could replace with stock a-arms, then sell the DSE parts to gain back some expense.
Speedway is top down - weld in plate in spring cup (k-member), and turn bolt from the top. Much cheaper, much more work, not reversible (unless you buy another k-member).
DSE is bottom up - plate fits in their a-arms, and you turn the bolt from below the a-arm. No cutting or welding means it is reversible. BUT, you have to have their a-arms, too. Expensive, but if you ever sell the car, you could replace with stock a-arms, then sell the DSE parts to gain back some expense.
03-13-2016, 04:34 PM
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