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so i need some clarification on some of the different ultima arms i have ultima ,pro ultima II,sideways,outrage, and the part number is different for all of them the pro is ment to have long arms but they are all the same lenth can anyone throw some light onto the subject the reason im looking is i want some ultima outlaw arms for a build but if they are all the same length then i wont bother thankyou for looking

Paul

they are all the same except the pro XL arms and then you got your longer andy's front arms.

There's the longer XL's & standard (Ultima, Turbo, Pro, Outrage, Ultima 2, etc.)

I've seen the Andy's arms, I've got a set on my rocket powered Triumph/Mustang.

Does anyone recognise the arms in the middle?

I think there was a company back in the early 90's called SRS, but I can't remember for sure.

If you can find a set of these, you won't break them...they're plenty beefy.

Left: XL, Middle: SRS, RT: stock classic Ultima series.

al my ultima based cars have the arms on the right even thought the manual gives different numbers

well i solved my little dilemma but cant post the results until i mod the cvds

thanks Diggley

Early Ultimas arms had complete circles but later arms were reinforced with the semi-circles cut outs instead.

so here some pics of my new ultima arms never seen some like this the previous owner said it came from japan came on a nice graphite chassis

Paul

These are a pair with the XL front arms higher up in the pictures: on the left side. Regarding the SRS arms: should be easy to check: I have a pair for the optima (rear) and they have the SRS molded in the plastic.
Are the hinge pin holes a tight fit?, ifnot they could be optional arms for the JRX-2 also.

There is no writing at all on these the pins are average prety cool setup
going to use them on a mk 1 ultima build i got coming up still it would be nice to know there origins


Paul

treehugger wrote:There is no writing at all on these the pins are average prety cool setup
going to use them on a mk 1 ultima build i got coming up still it would be nice to know there origins


Paul

Without any doubt,

Those are Ultima Pro XL rear arms.

Roughly 1989-91 model run if I remember right. They'r similar to the Triumph's.

thanks Diggly its good to know

Paul

Those are nice a-arms. They are adjustible via the tie rod in the arm, this was a necessary adjustment on the Ultima series of cars, as the previous Ultimas lacked sufficient rear toe. The Later Triumph arms were also adjustible, but they used a indexed setscrew setup the only allowed for finite adjustments, as opposed to these which are infinatelly adjustible. BTW, these are also stiffer than the Triumph arms. -Jeff