2013 Scion FR-S Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Scion

image2013 Scion FR-S Long-Term Road Test

Edmunds conducts a Long-Term Test of the 2013 Scion FR-S and Hancha adjustable rear control arms.

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  • hooninaroundhooninaround Member Posts: 40
    Sweet! Finally some more mods for the FR-S, hopefully you guys can get forced induction in there before the car departs. I love these kinds of posts. Keep it up J-Kav!
  • bassrockerxbassrockerx Member Posts: 24
    that bare metal looks sexy down there but if it were mine i would be tempted to paint it body color to protect from weather and also atract some more attention to my undercarriage.
  • yefeiwyefeiw Member Posts: 1
    Hi, It may have already been answered, but just being curious, is there any adjustment needed anywhere if I want to install your set of wheels/tires?
  • meng_maomeng_mao Member Posts: 24
    Isn't that adjustment threading an example of rod-in-bending?
  • desoto_finsdesoto_fins Member Posts: 6
    An adjustable eccentric bushing on the inboard end of a nice full (as opposed the 3/4 of an arm) aluminum arm would be a more elegant and sound engineering solution. It could have 3 degree of adjustment which cover street, autocross and trackday needs.
  • jpnpowerjpnpower Member Posts: 0
    It's been a while folks, how've you been? I am surprised and let down, disappointed by the little progress made to this website. Edmunds, what have you done? Where is my insideline? I thought it would be back, but I must have been wrong. I don't even see the former regulars anymore.
  • fordson1fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512
    I found an early post on ft86club.com that said "under $1,000," but later they said it's too expensive - it will be a special-order part, but they are trying to work on an entry-level part. So have to consider this is going to be over $1,000 (I would bet quite a bit over), plus installation and alignment.
  • jederinojederino Member Posts: 0
    Yes, can't wait for the results and analysis.
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    Since these kinds of links are only supposed to work in tension and compression, I don't see any major issues with the 3/4 arm concept ... except for the fact that it's also acting as a spring carrier. I would have to agree with meng that the bending forces introduced makes me a bit more iffy, although I'm guessing that the "brute force" thickness of the fastener should compensate. It's still not ideal. When those adjusters were made, were they coated too? Or is it bare steel against aluminum? The use of heim joints is a bit gnarly too, mainly because of the elimination of that rear toe-in on hard cornering (it's there for a reason, so beginning drivers don't kill themselves or lose confidence in rear end stability). There's also the NVH issues to work out, and self-lubricating or not, they'll be destroyed in any salt-states. Shouldn't be any binding issues at least...
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    Scratch the toe-in part of my post; you're right, it's located closer to the rear of the axle.
  • chrisnick04chrisnick04 Member Posts: 0
    It may just be the clean freak in me, but those LCA's look like they're prime to build up dirt/debris in the voids. It'd be a nice feature if they had some build in slots/holes on the underside to clear any of that, even though it may reduce some stiffness slightly.
  • ansibeansibe Member Posts: 7
    very cool. why the toe-in at the rear? do you expect some toe-out forces in hard corners which will result in zero toe-in?
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