And you will discover quickly that there is no difference with the LS460 specifically with most brands. I bought all aftermarket arms to directly compare them and durometer test them and check the ball joints etc....

I couldn't find out who the OE was but Delphi was the one that has the same casting and measured the same durometer so I went with them.

The German cars have the info printed on or cast onto the parts so it's FAR easier to know exactly the plant and brand to buy. Lexus is cryptic as hell about it. With my W12s and 4.0 I know exactly who made all parts and exactly what to buy and it's easier and cheaper.

 

FCP and similar, I buy dealer but I have discounts. Lexus is just pricy

 

I have done both uppers and lowers a few times on on 2008 (non-air, 2WD, SWB), and I have it down to where I can do all 8 in about 3 hours on the lift in my garage. When i first bought the car in 2018 with 83,000 miles from Park Place Lexus in Plano, TX, they told me it needed $14,000 worth of work. I fixed everything that was on their list, plus some things i found that they did not, with mostly aftermarket parts, at a cost of about $1,800.

The roads around here suck, so I have had the entire front suspension of my 460 apart more times than I care to admit. I replaced all 8 arms with cheap stuff from amazon in early '19. By early '20 they were knocking ans squeaking again, so I did it again, this time with polyurethane bushings from AutoAcer on Ebay. Could not get the creaking and squeaking from the poly bushings to stop, so I replaced with traditional rubber ones again (from ebay, think i payd like $150 for all 8), and all was well for about another year. Then I had to change tie-rods in early 2022. When I was changing the tie rod ends I noticed the bushings were cracked again. This time, I replaced them with MevoTech from Rockauto. At the same time, I replaced the sway bar links and bushings, and the lower ball joint thats pressed into the steering knuckle, along with both front struts with KYB OE equivalents and after reassembling the car and getting an alignment, aside from a slight rattle/knock (which is from the linkage on the AFS height sensor), the car is dead quiet and dead smooth. I think all 8 MevoTech arms in 2022 ran me about $500. Since then, the car has been smooth and quiet as it should be.

TL; DR-While there is little difference in longevity between Lexus parts and most aftermarket parts in the front end of these cars, spending more than $300 on a set of them is highly reccommended

 

Yeah I am not advocating for no name stuff to be clear.....just that known good brands perform nearly identical to OE

 

I used mevotech parts and have about 40000 miles only small hairline cracks so far ride is smooth no cluncking. I changed all at the same time. I did increase the preload. By 1/2 on both sides. Thinking speed bumps are the real issue here. So far so good. While I had the car in the air I observed the travel of these arms while having someone turn lock to lock. No noticeable bind. Thus I think speed bumps or potholes could be the culprit. I have a 2012 and used the 2013 parts from Rockauto.i did 1 additional thing that may help I increased the load range on my tires from 97 to 101 and this limited the body roll during cornering. I'm really thinking this helped it feels so much tighter. Lmk what you think about this change. I'd like know if anyone thinks this could help shes so heavy. But I like it like that. 😆

 

Where do you order the parts. I see them in stock at FIGS Engineering.

 

I get MevoTech from Rockauto

 

What tires are these?
Measurements?

 

No change to the tire size.

 

Using a mix of NTY control arms and FEBEST ball joints. The NTY upper control arms that are two years old are holding up well and showing no signs of cracking after roughly 10,000km. I can also happily report that after changing all 8 control arms, both tie rods, and both sway bar end links - the Lexus glide has returned to the car.

 

Thank you ArmyofOne!