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Has anyone bought and fitted a Castlemaine Rod Shop new front end set up and if so, are you happy with it?

I had one in an FC years ago. Not sure if they have changed much now but I didn't think it was any good. Front mounted rack with flipped over steering arms meant for opposite toe out on turns. Steering geometry was all wrong so the tyres scrubbed like crazy when turning. Useless.
Hopefully they have sorted it out these days.

i think he may mean the fabricated front ends
as for the old CRS HR fronts with rack fitted i've always heard bad stuff about them and from memory i had one years ago that i don't remember as being brilliant BUT i just recently had a HR van with one in it and it was great and wouldn't hesitate to use one again don't know why it was so good when you hear so many stories of them being bad

yeah i meant the new fabricated ones with a hefty price tag of $4500....

Once bitten , twice shy . I would go with a Rodtech or SCW front if it was me ....

Blacky wrote:Once bitten , twice shy . I would go with a Rodtech or SCW front if it was me ....

they are a lot better looking than the CRS version aswell

i have just fitted one of the new CRS front ends to an fb for a customer, fitted well, havnt driven it yet, when the car is finished i will let you know how it handles

V6 Conversions are also making a font end with rear mounted rack, some of the FE FC guys have used them and have had pretty good comments.

Regards
Neil H