69 chevelle tubular control arms

**jhall704** · 03-31-2011, 11:56 AM

I had the same issue noted above,exact. I preferred CPPs style the best but the Driver's side hit the frame flange. It to took a month to receive. I called the tech line and was told to clearance my nice powder coated frame. What a waste of my time. I drove them 100 miles round trip to return to summit..
I was watching Overhaulin a few nights later and they had the same problem with a 55 chevy. CPP gave them great service and swapped out for a new set.. This is obviously a problem for a lot people. The shafts just have to be a half inch wider. The factory didn't punch the bolt holes in the exact same spot on these frames. It's too bad for CPP Im just in the beginning stages of my restro and was going to spend thousands of dollars, Brakes,rear control arms,lowers.

**jhall704** · 04-11-2011, 02:29 PM

See how the tube hits the frame and will not travel down.

**CPPAaron** · 04-25-2011, 03:37 PM

Thanks for posting the picture. I have heard of this a couple of times over the years but customers have always been able to sort it out with a very minor adjustment to the A-Arm frame mount so a change to our arm didn’t really seem necessary. Keep in mind we have installed these arms here on many different project cars and have never seen this problem first hand. Because this issue has come up so infrequently we assumed that there were some A body cars out there that for some unknown reason have tiny bit wider A-Arm frame bracket, and those customer always get the Arms to work so this didn’t seem like a big deal.

Anyway, after looking at your picture close and seeing the issue you were having we decided to look into it a little closer to see if we could come up with a solution for all applications. After installing a set of Arms on our frame today we have found a way to make a couple of minor changes to the fixture and to the upper arm tube that we are confident will solve this issue once and for all, regardless of the size of the A-Arm frame bracket. This change will go into effect immediately starting with our next production run, which looks like it will be next week. Thanks for your help in getting this issue resolved.

If you are having a clearance issue please let me know about it like Jhall704 did, we are here to help and CPP wants to make sure everyone receives a quality product

**CPPAaron** · 04-25-2011, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by jhall704

I was watching Overhaulin a few nights later and they had the same problem with a 55 chevy. CPP gave them great service and swapped out for a new set.. This is obviously a problem for a lot people. The shafts just have to be a half inch wider. The factory didn't punch the bolt holes in the exact same spot on these frames. It's too bad for CPP Im just in the beginning stages of my restro and was going to spend thousands of dollars, Brakes,rear control arms,lowers.

The Overhaulin Episode you saw on TV was with a set of TCI control arms (not a CPP set) Just wanted to clear that up. We also are here to assist our customers and provide the best service we can!