Third and Fourth Generation Camaro/Firebird Suspnsion Components

Rear tubular control arms are the most misunderstood performance product available for the third
and fourth generation F cars. The following chart should help clear things up.

Type of lower control arm	Street	Road race	Drag Strip	Comments
Polyurethane bushings on frame attachment and polyurethane on the rear end housing. (not good for street use) Kit Part # TBC-3	Bad Choice	Bad Choice	Good for Drag ONLY	When this type of a control arm is used on the street or road racing applications, the car's suspension is put into a bind condition during cornering and hard bumps. If you use this type of a control arm you will notice a harsher ride. This is bind . Consequences: High speed oversteer and possible over stressing the suspension mount.
Spherical aircraft bearing on the frame and a lube-type polyurethane bushing on the rear end housing Kit Part # TBC-11	Good Choice	Good Choice	Good Choice	This control arm will work in all applications. However polyurethane is the weak link in this equation. Poly will eventually distort and cold flow. This will in turn produce play in the system (fore and aft). Consequences: Although polyurethane will cold flow over time. It can still do a job for a period of time before it needs to be replaced. Replacement is simple.
Spherical aircraft bearings on the frame side and on the rear-end housing. (double bearing) Kit Part # TBC-1	Superior Choice	Superior Choice	Superior Choice	This control arm will work in all applications. It is the best design to use in a third and fourth generation F car. They allow the suspension to pivot without bind and provide zero fore and aft defection. Consequences: Rear end control you never had before.

1982-2001 Bearing on frame side, poly on rear end side: (Good Overall)
Part# TBC-11 $279.52

1982-2001 Double Bearing both sides, Superior over any other rear control arm .
(Best for all applications)
Part# TBC-1 $344.03

All rear control arms are shipped pre-assembled.
Photo to the right shows double bearing rear lower control arm
with exposed bearing and spacers.

Front control arm bushing kits 1982-92	Front tubular control arm kits 1993-2002	Front lower control arms bearing kit 1993-2002
Front ride height coil over kits 1993-2002	Springs 1982-2002	Subframes and Supports 1993-2002
Rear tubular control arms 1982-2002	Anti-squat traction kit 1982-2002	Panhard rod kits 1982-2002
Traclink traction kits: (torque arms) 1982-2002	Shocks	Sway Bars (We race with factory sizes)

Year	Performance Street	Competition	Competition with VTC-27
1982-92	S-39 $146.68	S-40 $146.68	S-64 $129.00
1993-2001	S-39 $146.68	S-64 $129.00	S-64 $129.00

Year	Performance Street	Competition	Competition with VTC-27
1982-92	S-39 $146.68	S-67 $146.68	S-67 $146.68
1993-2001	S-64 $129.00	S-67 $146.68	S-67 $146.68

Suspension for Camaro/Firebird 1982-2002