I was recently on a trip to Baja and before the trip Super ATV sent me a set of their newly designed trailing arms for the 72" model X3s to test out. No better testing ground than the diverse terrain of Baja. You have rocky roads, whoops, sand, silt, high speed rally roads, and just about everything you can imagine. A good chunk of the route we took in Baja was following the race course used the week before for the Baja 400 and sections are used for the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. As the race was the week before there were sections that had massive whoops, rocks, and were beat up. Perfect for testing the new trailing arms. We covered just over 330 miles.
When I opened the box to check out the new trailing arms and what design changes they made it was immediately obvious. They added gussets in all the important places and also added a metal bracket that connects the bottom and top hub section. I had a set of the original trailing arms and they cracked in the hub section after only a few hundred miles. This area has been addressed with the new design with the additional gussets and the rear section of the hub area now being tied together with the metal bracing. The arms are beefy and looked very nice.
The arms come with sway bar links as Super ATV has a pocket in the trailing arm where the swaybar link mounts versus the tabs used on the stock trailing arms. There is also a pocket where the shock mounts. The shock is still in the same location as the stock trailing arm, but because these trailing arms are a high clearance they went with the pocket to maintain stock geometry.
I was very impressed with how well these arms held up over the 330 plus miles. No dings, cracks, or anything showing any damage or fatigue. I think they got it right with this new design and these are an excellent option for someone that wants a quality trailing arm that won't break the bank.
When I opened the box to check out the new trailing arms and what design changes they made it was immediately obvious. They added gussets in all the important places and also added a metal bracket that connects the bottom and top hub section. I had a set of the original trailing arms and they cracked in the hub section after only a few hundred miles. This area has been addressed with the new design with the additional gussets and the rear section of the hub area now being tied together with the metal bracing. The arms are beefy and looked very nice.
The arms come with sway bar links as Super ATV has a pocket in the trailing arm where the swaybar link mounts versus the tabs used on the stock trailing arms. There is also a pocket where the shock mounts. The shock is still in the same location as the stock trailing arm, but because these trailing arms are a high clearance they went with the pocket to maintain stock geometry.
I was very impressed with how well these arms held up over the 330 plus miles. No dings, cracks, or anything showing any damage or fatigue. I think they got it right with this new design and these are an excellent option for someone that wants a quality trailing arm that won't break the bank.
