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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:57 am 
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I ordered upper and lower control arms with new bushings made by Doreman I plan on doing the job this weekend anything I need to know before I start the job? Any unforseen problems to expect?


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 Post subject: Re: control arms
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:05 pm 
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Why do you need new control arms?

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 Post subject: Re: control arms
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:49 pm 
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Front or Rear?

I replaced the rear control arms on mine and they went bad in a month... Cheap aftermarket parts probably won't hold in what appears to be a fairly high-stress (torque) component.

I'm considering modifying the stock LCAs with Johnny joints: http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestor ... px?id=1262

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 Post subject: Re: control arms
PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:30 am 
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They are the front upper and lower. The bushings on the uppers are really shot I had bad rotors that caused a lot of pulsation that wore them out the bottoms had a little play in them so I decided to replace all of them. The uppers come with new balljoints they were only $59 online bottoms were more but rather bite the bullet now and get it done with.


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 Post subject: Re: control arms
PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:56 am 
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By the way I put on the third set of new rotors I got powerstop ones with ceramic pads. Brakes feel great NO MORE CHINESSE GARBAGE! :furious: Its definatly worth spending more for quality parts. Learned my lesson with $35 rotors 8)


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