We removed the rear toe link and were ready to install the new Carbon 6 XP toe link.
The shaft for the Carbon 6 XP toe link is made out of titanium and is slightly longer than stock to mildly correct the bumpsteer in lowered cars.
The stock toe link weighed in at 760 grams.
By comparison, the Carbon 6 XP toe link weighed in at 678 grams; making it 11% lighter.
Installation of the Carbon 6 XP toe link was straight forward and easy.
The titanium tapered shaft is bolted to the arm of the suspension knuckle, while a titanium bolt retains the rod end to the titanium shaft bolt. This entire setup is then covered in the supplied custom rubber boot.
4 comments
Whoever specced titanium for an aluminum balljoint needs to go back to school.
Titanium is farther from aluminum in a galvanic series than stainless steel is. That means that there will be a greater potential for galvanic corrosion between the titanium screws and the aluminum than there would be between the stainless and aluminum.
What balljoint is aluminum?
The galvanic effect between Ti and Aluminum and stainless and aluminum is minimal enough not to be an issue in most environments. I mean if you know material science at all you would easily know that it is not an issue. Ti is stronger than most alloys of stainless steel and has a greatly superior strength-to-weight ratio. It is a great material for this application. Not sure what you mean by an aluminum ball joint.
how come you don’t have the boots on the monoball joints in any of the pics?