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Moog is my last choice for suspension components for reasons like this. The rubber they use is not great. Most of their stuff feels like 60's tech and seems to be stuck. Some of their stuff is newer and better.
Delphi is usually near the top for me.

jrbe wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:44 pm Moog is my last choice for suspension components for reasons like this. The rubber they use is not great. Most of their stuff feels like 60's tech and seems to be stuck. Some of their stuff is newer and better.
Delphi is usually near the top for me.

I so appreciate the feedback and especially the recommendation, often times I read a magnificent rant with no alternative, Googling Delphi rubber thingies now!

Mandatory Price Stare N Compare Absent Any Judgement - MPSNCAAJ

The Moog options cost more, they must be better!

You can see the metal surface finish quality difference of the Moog vs the Delphi. Delphi is the easy choice. I'm confident the boots on the Delphi's will be better too.

jrbe wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:29 pm The Moog options cost more, they must be better!

You can see the metal surface finish quality difference of the Moog vs the Delphi. Delphi is the easy choice. I'm confident the boots on the Delphi's will be better too.

Copy that, can I ask what grease you used to lube yours up, I bet MOOG will come back and tell me I used the wrong All Purpose grease on their products and that's what caused the premature deterioration !

(ducking) All my stuff has sealed / non-greaseable ball joints. I usually will use a moly grease if there's no other grease in there. If they're sealed they usually last a very long time.

so after that swift kick to the nards from Mr. MOOG I decided to get a jump start on Phase III of the project, code name: "Black Purple Widow"

I was recently quoted $1,200 American dollars each to upholster my Smurf bucket seats, (I paid $600 total to have the exact pair done prior to Crowvid) so I went fishing for sum seats at Pick N Pull (pronounced my backyard)

I fingered my best chance for finding some seats for my Big Ass American Truck (BAAT) would be in some Big Ass American Cars (BAACs)

Our Requirements

• black

• manual

• and black

so let me tell you where these two candidates came from

so the cloth one on the left was out of a 2017 GMC Terrain


[by the way, there's a lesson to be learned here, in these non EV Conversion related posts, I promise]

alright, bring on the ol' fogies jokes, I can take it (no I don't need an AARP card to sit on one of them seats)

and the second seat, the leather one on the right is out of a beautiful 2009 Buick Lacrosse

so which ones would you go with ?

If you need heated seats (and that's not an option) then cloth
If you need cooled seats (and that's not an option) then cloth
Otherwise Leather

and so the Run Around begins...

silly me for thinking that www.moog-suspension-parts.com website plaster with the MOOG logos all over the place is not the MOOG website at all

Alibro wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:47 pm If you need heated seats (and that's not an option) then cloth
If you need cooled seats (and that's not an option) then cloth
Otherwise Leather

Ali please don't ask what is the first thing I did to shave off $13 bucks off of them heated leather seats!

so naturally I went with the leather one

Mandatory Stare 'N' Compare


and I must admit, they just don't blow my skirt up, the back rests are just way too bulky and unless you are 5'2" you'll be sittin' way too close the the steering wheel in the chipmunk position

so since my life is so boring and I have nothing better to do I decided to get in touch with my inner Karen and tried calling the MOOG Corporate Headquarters only to find out they do NOT handle Automotive there !

I honestly don't know how them "Can I Speak To Your Supervisor" folks do it ?

Gregski wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 3:42 pm Ali please don't ask what is the first thing I did to shave off $13 bucks off of them heated leather seats!


Pick N Pull Seat Pricing.jpg


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Greg, I had mentioned Paul Mangelsdorf who races a 40 Chevy with a LD"U mounted in the rear. I finally remembered to ask him about how he was tweaking his tune to get the car so quick and he replied in this thread: https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopi ... 688#p89688\
He said he doesn't know if these settings are applicable in the VCU since the work differently than his setup but the only way to know is to check. He also included links to a couple of threads that he had used as a guide to tuning his car and those are included in his post. I've been watching him at Drag Week last couple of years and it's amazing to see him make the week with all the ruies geared toword ICE cars and then run so fast.

nothing to see here, just the Electruck doing Truck Things for Bunky the eBug: A 30 Day EV Conversion (that was a nice 45 mile road trip)

I hope to dyno the truck next month!

Can anyone recognize what that table's made out of?

Rare ancient protected species Sequoia tree

or chipboard

I don't care. What I do care about is what that lathe is going to be doing?

TassieDevil wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 8:57 pm Rare ancient protected species Sequoia tree

or chipboard

Also acceptable answers were: a gurney hospital bed frame and hospital door table top

Jacobsmess wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:20 pm I don't care. What I do care about is what that lathe is going to be doing?

excellent question, joining the 2009 Toyota Highlander rear motor CV Axles with the 1972 Volkswagen Beetle ones in Holy Matrimony

Through friction welding them on the lathe right?

Fall-a-part-icle board?

Greg, a zero to 60 would tell us a lot about how it runs in comparison to other cars we currently drive. I know you've been busy with the VW, really glad to see youdoing that build, I had been curious about those motors.