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WHAT ARE UPRATED ALIGNMENT ARMS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

Uprated alignment arms can offer various benefits. They are stronger than original equipment, are usually adjustable for length and usually feature either uprated bushes or spherical bearings.

Adjustable length allows you to set alignment. It means you can dial out excessive negative camber introduced when lowering a vehicle, add negative camber to improve mid-corner grip, add castor to increase negative camber gain when cornering, or add or reduce toe to increase agility or stability, depending on what you want from the car.

The rubber bushes used in the original arms are designed to minimise transmission of noise and vibration to

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