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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Default Prothane front control arm bushing , 53$

Control arm bushings are one of the things on my list of things to fix on my car, and everywhere I looked they were ~100$ for just the lower bushing set for one arm.. even on ebay.

I downloaded the prothane catalog and found the lexus front control arm kit (which is all of the bushings and sleeves for the lowers and uppers) part number (18-207-BL) sells for about 100$ at various places around the internet. Then, I found that jegs sells the whole kit for 53$!

I finally got some extra money today and ordered a kit from jegs, so we'll see what they look like when it gets here. Just thought I would pass this information on because it saved me some serious money which I don't have.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Prothane/311/18-207-BL/10002/-1#
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 06:45 AM
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Ive been telling everyone this information for a long time now,

I ordered my kit from jegs a while back and been running them on my car. everything is on par what it should be running.

as long as they have them in stock your good to go. when i ordered mine they were back ordered.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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Nice info dude! What are you planning on doing if your pillowball is bad?
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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DANG!!! I just ordered mine from Daizen
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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its come with upper and lower bushing set? and for both front left and right? or is it just one side?
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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front left AND right, upper AND lower bushings.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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i have prothane bushings no complaint so far
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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Yeah its a steal...
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Like the one guy said, as long as the ball joint is good.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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nice, now if only my ball joints werent shot lol.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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Any complaints about squeaking/noises?
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by davidv433
nice, now if only my ball joints werent shot lol.
Now if only they worked on the 97+.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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Now this kit replaces the bushings for the front control arms upper and lower for both sides or just 1?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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^ post #6 in this thread
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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I post that question beacuse I am flabergasted by how much an entire Daizen bushing replacement is compaired to the Jegs 60+ shipping price.
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