The AJE K member is better than a UPR unit IMHO, but I still have reservations about running one on the street. Honestly I am more of a corner carver/road racer than a drag racer so I tend to push the lateral g limit of my vehicles with lower ride height, low profile tires, larger and wider wheels, big brakes, etc. so I know my cars take a bit more punishment than the average cruiser or street car. I would still recommend checking out Maximum Motorsports in regards to all of their suspension parts, pieces, chassis bracing, etc. I have never bought a piece from them that didn't work!
You can tell the quality of their products by how few used ones come up for sale on Ebay, Craigslist, etc.
The biggest question is what are your ultimate plans for this vehicle? Is this a cruiser, daily driver, corner carver, track car, or what? That will determine many if not most of your decisions in regards to K member, struts/shocks, coil overs, brakes, rear end assembly, etc. If you start out with a well thought out plan of attack it will help to prevent you from spending money on things that you either don't need or don't work as intended. I also recommend setting your car up for what it will do the majority of the time. If you are going to cruise it 90% of the time and run it on the track the other 10%, then set it up as a cruiser as you will enjoy that more often and giving up a little bit at the track isn't such a big deal when it only spends a small amount of time there. If the car is a dedicated track vehicle then you are willing to make more sacrifices in the name of those precious tenths of a second that matter so much. Not the case when you want to run down to Sonic for a treat with the wife and kids and have to put up with a temperamental, hot, noisy, and smelly race car!
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