HELP BMR VS UMI
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UMI Performance is pretty much my go to. Still waiting for that sponsorship to come through. 😉
My experience with UMI is with my 1967 A body rear I needed a joint on the axle side of the lowers which was not available. UMI was very quick to accept my request for a modification to their lowers to add a Roto Joint to one end of their solid lower control arms. UMI did the mods and only charged me the extra cost of the Roto Joints in addtion to the cost of the lowers.
My vote is for UMI. Not one complaint about UMI products. Front upper and lowers and rear upper and lowers in my regal as well as the Viking coil over kit in the front. The only complaint is that they don't make tubular trans crossmembers yet. Hint hint!!!
I have had BMR products in the past and won't again. Bought a BMR k-member for my 88 IROC and 3 or the 4 bolts wouldn't line up. They tried to tell me that my car was the problem when I know it had never been wrecked. They sent a replacement and same thing. They wanted to charge a 20% restock fee for a bad product so I left the 3rd one in the box and sold it on fleebay. Bought one from Spohn and it bolted right in no problem. I was actually more impressed with the Spohn unit since it was one piece unlike the BMR unit. I also bought lower a-arms for the same vehicle and they were made in a bad jig or something just like the k-member. The left arm had so much setback that the tire would hit when turning left. Right side wasn't so bad. I took BMR arms and laid them on top of the originals and it was obvious the BMR arms weren't even close. The left one had about 1.5" setback. Those got sold on fleebay as well. Took my originals to work and e-coated and painted them and installed new bushings and ball joints and lived happily ever after.
With that said, I'm sure I got the only bad items BMR has ever made, so it's up to you where to spend your hard earned money.
I have had BMR products in the past and won't again. Bought a BMR k-member for my 88 IROC and 3 or the 4 bolts wouldn't line up. They tried to tell me that my car was the problem when I know it had never been wrecked. They sent a replacement and same thing. They wanted to charge a 20% restock fee for a bad product so I left the 3rd one in the box and sold it on fleebay. Bought one from Spohn and it bolted right in no problem. I was actually more impressed with the Spohn unit since it was one piece unlike the BMR unit. I also bought lower a-arms for the same vehicle and they were made in a bad jig or something just like the k-member. The left arm had so much setback that the tire would hit when turning left. Right side wasn't so bad. I took BMR arms and laid them on top of the originals and it was obvious the BMR arms weren't even close. The left one had about 1.5" setback. Those got sold on fleebay as well. Took my originals to work and e-coated and painted them and installed new bushings and ball joints and lived happily ever after.
With that said, I'm sure I got the only bad items BMR has ever made, so it's up to you where to spend your hard earned money.
it took me some time to get the suspension put together on my car and i hounded ramey for atleast a year about parts/alignment on things i hadn't bought yet.he always got back to me in a timely fashion.i couldn't buy everything @once but piece by i got it all together and umi was always there to answer my questions.those black Friday deals nudged me along too.compare just the g-body catalog that umi sports to bmr's...
We are just outside of Tampa, FL. Our New Building is in Lakeland, FL
I currently swapped my OEM front arms for BMR. The originals were rusted and beyond salvaging. I wasn't sure about wether to take BMR or UMI, as both seem to be of excellent quality for "normal" cars, so I fliped the coin. BMR it was. Currently I am waiting for the winter to end, so I can test it on the road. Here are a few pics of the installation-progress and the rust-deteriorated lower control arm:
I like the look of the control arms and it's nice to see you're using the cunifer brake lines...🙂
These are mandatory here in Europe 🙂 the TÜV, SNCT and all other technical control boards will light you up if the main lines are anything else than cunifer when you pull up in their yards 🙂
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