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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 02:46 PM
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I replaced my upper control arm exactly a week ago... and 3 hours of driving it the control arm began to get play... I didn't buy the most expensive control arm... Any guys suggest any decent price control arm brand that is strong and wont have play the same day of installation... -.- sandy.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by redgs300
I replaced my upper control arm exactly a week ago... and 3 hours of driving it the control arm began to get play... I didn't buy the most expensive control arm... Any guys suggest any decent price control arm brand that is strong and wont have play the same day of installation... -.- sandy.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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sorry dude but $330 for 1 upper control arm WITH the CL discount seems like an overkill.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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If you bought it new, it should have a warranty. Bring it back.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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Pay what you get for. I'd buy OEM I mean.. Yeah it's a pretty big expense on parts, but you can easily do the labor yourself, and how often do you honestly replace your control arms? Not like they're redone every 20 or 30k. They last a real good while.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 03:06 AM
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I bought OEM on mylexparts.com , and did the labor myself, saved 500+$ at any mechanic shop, its not that hard, it took me 45 min one side , for the first time..
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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Moog, spc, or OEM....
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
Pay what you get for. I'd buy OEM I mean.. Yeah it's a pretty big expense on parts, but you can easily do the labor yourself, and how often do you honestly replace your control arms? Not like they're redone every 20 or 30k. They last a real good while.
Exactly! i prefer not to put after market junks in my suspension, brakes or anything with safety issues... but to each his/her own.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
Moog, spc, or OEM....
OR....soon to be made

FIGS UCA

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...roto-pics.html
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
I was going to say that, but he said he doesn't want to pay to much.. Isn't Mike going to put them around $400? I believe he stated somewhere he was going to price them somewhere close to the SPC's...
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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Don't you have to do a front end alignment after replacing UCA's?
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
I was going to say that, but he said he doesn't want to pay to much.. Isn't Mike going to put them around $400? I believe he stated somewhere he was going to price them somewhere close to the SPC's...
well....you know the old saying

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Don't you have to do a front end alignment after replacing UCA's?
of course you do
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