Review of the Mike Maier MOD Upper Control Arm 

You bet! I am extremely happy with your products and I will be doing more with your other parts down the road, so get your welder and machine shop ready!! :)

Correct, not sponsored by Mike, and I paid full price for these parts just like everyone else. But I'm good with that, I like his parts and I like his service. I too was able to talk with Mike on the phone (roughly 75 mins) and he's so down to earth and willing to share all his knowledge to help a nobody like me. I'm not racing my car right now, but I may dip my toes in future, but I want my car to be built towards that direction. He walked me through the various mods I have and how to set them up. He also explained the advantages with other parts and helped me put together a path to follow. Not everything will come from Mike, and he was happy to point in the direction I needed to be in despite not selling those parts. He's a good person, knows his stuff, and makes a quality part, so that's a win in my book. On a side note, the Panhard bar I have on my car is from Maier Racing, which is owned by Charles Maier, which is Mike's brother. I purchased that bar from Maier Racing because I like the design a little better, but it provides no performance advantage over Mike's bar. Either bar would be a fantastic upgrade to anyone's classic Mustang, and if I were to buy another Mustang, that Panhard Bar is near the top of the list of parts I'd do first. Edit: had to put Mike's brother's correct name in, not the wrong name. :)

Couldn't agree more!

More to come! :)

Thanks for watching!

Haha, yeah, that would be great. Sometimes I've got other parts I'm installing or working on near some of these installs, so it's tough to get out on the road right after an install. :)

That's going to be an awesome setup. I plan to upgrade to the MOD1 UCAs next year, so we'll be in a similar setup. :)

I live close enough to MMI that I pick up/order parts in person.

@@I_like_turtles_67 I wish I could do that. :)

So far so good. 😁

No problem!

I'll see what I can do.

It's on the agenda, but I don't know how soon I can get to that part. :)

@@AndyKruseChannel good to hear! That's sort of the aim with my 67 coupe. 70% daily, 30% weekend cone chaser

Many.

Yes, you'd reuse the shims that were on the UCAs you just pulled off the car. Getting an alignment after this install will sort out any issues. In my setup (because of the specs I wanted from my alignment) there weren't hardly any shims in when it was all done.

I went with QA1 double adjustable coilovers in the front, and I also went with their double adjustable shocks in the rear. :)

Yeah, that's what I'm hearing. This is a good reason to have a few of my subs be here when I install new parts, just in case I miss something. :)

@@AndyKruseChannelHey Andy, could you make a follow up video or short about this? I’m having a very similar problem with steering linkage parts too. Kinda stumped as I thought I needed to replace these parts until I just watched this video and heard you had the same sort of issue!

@@67ksb If the boot of the ball joint(s) is damaged or not covering the ball joint correctly, you could be allowing contaminants into joint and causing premature wear. If you just have older parts and everything seems clunky, then you're probably on the right page thinking it may need to be replaced. :)

Yes, fenders had to be rolled (I did that a few years ago). But needing to roll the fenders is a product of the tire size, the wheel backspacing, and if the car has been lowered. In my case, I needed to roll the fenders, but it is not required for the Upper and Lower Control Arms I installed for this video. For the 18s, I haven't decided if that's for me or not. I've seen some cars that look great, and lots of cars that don't (with 18s). If I changed my wheels, I'd likely go back down to 15s with a little more tire, I think it would look better. But it's subjective. :)

I believe in Mike Maier first. Plus, Mike's UCAs have the most features built in where the other brands have some or none. I plan to buy more of Mike's parts as I continue to build this car. I'd love to work a deal with them, but even if that doesn't happen, I'm still buying his parts. :)

It happens to the best of us. :)

Haha, maybe it's a good reason for a road trip? :)

Nope, manual steering. Not sure what you mean by being too much for manual, the car goes back to center more easily with more caster.

Yes it does go back to centre more easily but conversely it's way heavier to move off centre in the first place @@AndyKruseChannel

Yeah, there's a lot of good history and knowledge locked up in this family. :)

👍When I was a teen with a Shelby clone, I ordered some parts from him but obviously none of this tech was available back then.