Front LCA for $30!?!?!
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Gee: If you need them asap, they do list OEM set for a couple hundred more 600 hundred some thing which is a good deal for OEM. The NAS ones sold out fast once we discovered them! Hope he has ordered at least a hundred sets for all of us who need them;-) I will give my set a good test but don't think I'll live long enough to put another 236k on the old girl, but am planning a few long road trips to go on. She is now my joy ride rather than daily ride. Am buying a set of the rear upper NAS arms also. Halon: if we get 80k out of them that is better than some moog parts I have purchased.
If you get 80k out of them yes I'd say that's absolutely a good value. Coming from a respected (albeit lesser known) brand like NAS/Sankei I think gives these a much higher level of initial buyer comfort over the no name Chinese ones. I think these will prove to be a good alternative to actual oem toyota, but only time will tell for sure.
I brought up companies like Moog and Dorman because they are aftermarket oem manufacturers that are already well known for providing quality parts. I'm sure you can find a critic for those brands (or any brand) but in general they are well known brands known to generally make quality aftermarket oem parts. And if they came out with a version I think people would have comfort from a buyers perspective that they're getting a part from a well known manufacturer that is familiar and can be trusted it won't be made from scrap pot metal and snap while on a cloverleaf. The Chinese ones do not offer that initial buyer comfort level, but the NAS ones do. So I'm glad to see a known aftermarket oem company stepping up here, and I hope more do and we can start shopping them from a number of different respected aftermarket oem brands just like we can currently for say front upper arms off Rock Auto.
I brought up companies like Moog and Dorman because they are aftermarket oem manufacturers that are already well known for providing quality parts. I'm sure you can find a critic for those brands (or any brand) but in general they are well known brands known to generally make quality aftermarket oem parts. And if they came out with a version I think people would have comfort from a buyers perspective that they're getting a part from a well known manufacturer that is familiar and can be trusted it won't be made from scrap pot metal and snap while on a cloverleaf. The Chinese ones do not offer that initial buyer comfort level, but the NAS ones do. So I'm glad to see a known aftermarket oem company stepping up here, and I hope more do and we can start shopping them from a number of different respected aftermarket oem brands just like we can currently for say front upper arms off Rock Auto.
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Gee: If you need them asap, they do list OEM set for a couple hundred more 600 hundred some thing which is a good deal for OEM. The NAS ones sold out fast once we discovered them! Hope he has ordered at least a hundred sets for all of us who need them;-) I will give my set a good test but don't think I'll live long enough to put another 236k on the old girl, but am planning a few long road trips to go on. She is now my joy ride rather than daily ride. Am buying a set of the rear upper NAS arms also. Halon: if we get 80k out of them that is better than some moog parts I have purchased.
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The miparts bushings look nonstandard and look like they have a delrin sleeve instead of metal.
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Roc: bushings are definetly not the same if miparts photo is actual part being sold. The ones in my NAS arms look just like the OEM ones. Same thought had occurred to me also so I did the research on them, they are 2 different companies. 1of Chinese origin the other Japanese. NAS is the American subsidiary of Sankei-555/jp based in Illinois. You can call them during their business hours if needed to confirm who they are. I think the reason we are just now seeing OEM spec aftermarket arms is because Lexus held onto the copyright for 20 years before releasing to aftermarket. Many auto manufacturers do this but most will only hold 10 years on parts at the most. If you notice there is no listing for 97-00 but they will probably show up in the next few years, even though as I understand the older arms can be used on the newer cars.
Hey guys, Im finally going to be buying some control arms for the car when i ran into an issue. I know it has been discussed to death so im trying to get a straight answer. Been researching for the past 2 days and im getting conflicting results, anyway:
Can i use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? Please let me know
Thanks
Can i use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? Please let me know
Thanks
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everyone sort of agreed that the NAS arms are a better alternative, especially when you consider shipping time and costs of the $30 once.
still trying to find out if I can use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? There is SO much conflicting info out there, some saying that the curvature of the arms are different, others say that the only difference is in the bushings and some are saying they are essentially identical and the difference in bushings is just design and does not affect fitment. Someone please clarify this for me so i know if i have to spend an extra $100.
still trying to find out if I can use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? There is SO much conflicting info out there, some saying that the curvature of the arms are different, others say that the only difference is in the bushings and some are saying they are essentially identical and the difference in bushings is just design and does not affect fitment. Someone please clarify this for me so i know if i have to spend an extra $100.
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No one has reported back as having purchased the miparts arms. We are still waiting for toyolex to get the next shipment of NAS arms in as they were cleaned out quickly after we discovered them. I check frequently and am sure others are watching also, so we can notify all when back in stock.
Hey guys, Im finally going to be buying some control arms for the car when i ran into an issue. I know it has been discussed to death so im trying to get a straight answer. Been researching for the past 2 days and im getting conflicting results, anyway:
Can i use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? Please let me know
Thanks
Can i use early model (92-96) front lower control arms on my 1999 SC400 without replacing bushings? Please let me know
Thanks
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97-00 oem spec front Lca's/NAS now listed!
already got them, and i actually spoke with them about the differences between the early and late model arms from NAS and they told me the only difference is that the late model once use stiffer bushings. I have the arms already, going to be putting them on this weekend then time for an alignment. Looking forward to this car driving straight for the first time since ive owned it haha