de_ja_vu

Hi all,
i've got a jdm toyota soarer 4L uzz31 with airbag suspension and am considering the replacement options for front and rear control arms.

Searching through the forum I saw that its a normal practice to get mkiv supras front lower and upper control arms for sc400 cars. The problem is I am not quite sure that sc400 control arms are the same as soarers with airbags. It looks alike on the pics but who knows... And I dont know anything about possible interchange for rear suspension components (upper control arm).

Could anyone please clarify the question?

If it helps my factory suspension numbers are:

48610-29045 - front upper control arm (R)
48068-29165 - front lower control arm (R)
48770-24020 - rear upper control arm (R)

Thanks in advance.

nb pardon my english... and greetings from russia

ekrebs

I know that the Lower Control Arms are a direct replacement, but im not to sure about the upper! im thinking they are not!

Hope this helps

xknowonex

iTrader: (2)

Lower fronts are a direct replacement as I have a set on mine but to my knowledge upper isnt

ekrebs

xknowonex im about to start this task and was curious, did u notice a big difference with this mod?

Thanks

lexhere27

Ive read that the MKIII upper control arms are interchangeable but not MKIV, there is a forum on here but I can't find the link. If anyone else knows that'd be great

de_ja_vu

thanks for the answers. got one more. is lexus sc400 rear upper control arm interchangeble with airbag soarers uzz31 rear upper control arm?

upper control arm for uzz31 soarer is 48770-24020 and costs 320$
and the sc400 rear upper control arm is 48770-19025 and cost 180$ which is quite cheap, but i am not sure...

update:
just saw that sc400 has the option of 48770-24020 control arm but for the 04/1991 - 01/1994 production years, and the 48770-19025 for 95+ sc400. I assume that if one can install the 48770-19025 on a say 92' sc400 so can I. or am I wrong?

de_ja_vu

uh...no answers

i'll try to rephraze the question:
Will rear upper control arms from '95-97 sc400 fit 92 sc400 without trouble?

thanks

evans92

I do not think the 1995 model will fit in 1992-1994, based on factory parts list that shows 48770-24020 for 9104-9401, and 48770-19025 for 9401 forward. Also, the 48770-24020 has been replaced by 48770-24050 , whereas the 48770-19025 has no replacement part. ie, if it could have been replaced by 48770-24050, it should have been. Dimensions may be the same, but the strength of the part or the bushings may be different for whatever reasons.

The new part number of 48770-24050 has Lexus MSRP of $314.07, internet price of $251.26 at Discount Toyota Parts BUT the same part number as a Toyota part is available for $176.75 MSRP or internet price of $132.56.

evans92

1995 Model had "Slight suspension and steering retuning." according to intellexual.net FAQ for SC 400/300 models.

TheMole

iTrader: (13)

From the part numbers provided in the first post...

Upper/Lower control arms can be interchanged between SC from 92-00. Yes there are probably slight differences in the arms such as the material and bushings, but they should physically fit.

As for MKIV Supra arms, only the lower control arms can be used on 92-00 SC.
Although, "48770-24020 - rear upper control arm (R)" from an SC is shared with another vehicle from the Toyota catalog (probably Supra), it can be found alot cheaper from Toyota as mentioned by evans92.

LAVIsH

sorry to add to a dead thread but lexus part number 48630-29046 which is the upper control arm for a sc300 97-up cross reference by toyota is a 1996-up supra upper control arm which does fit any 97-up sc300

rootaku

I just got into a accident and they vaguely told me I may need some new controls arms. So I have a question

The damaged area is the driver side rear (tire kinda bent in) So what part number for the control arm should I order from Toyota exactly? Thanks so much in advance, I'm stressing out a bit.

JspecSC3

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The customer rarely knows the part number for the part they are looking for. Sometimes I don't even know the name of the part I am looking for. So I just point it out in the general area on their computer.

LAVIsH

call lexus get your part number then call toyota to cross reference it

Ryeno

iTrader: (3)

their is a website online that has all the part numbers for like every modern toyota.