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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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I bent my driver side front upper control arm, because I am slammed on Tein Flex's. I am looking to replace my OEM upper control arms with an aftermarket set but I am having trouble finding a company that makes them. Can anyone help?
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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Cusco makes a drifting setup control arm set ,dont ask what that costs..

they are available aftermarket in europe and the UK.. about 150pounds/200 euros/$300 bucks ..then plus shipping etc.. will come out to $375..and the dealer sells em for that so..

doesnt Autozone sell these parts? ??or try the partstrain.com
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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getting a stock set is not an issue. I would prefer to go aftermarket because I am so low, i'll need something a bit stronger than stock.

Do you have a website for those cusco upper control arms...I am having trouble finding it.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 02:46 AM
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Didn't you have another post about the control arms? It's in the main 2GS forum...not in the suspension subforum. I linked you to a site where you can get the Nagisa upper control arms. They also have a number of other race spec suspension components for the GS. Rear control arms, front lower arms, etc...
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 08:47 AM
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yes you did but i can not see spending $900...and I actually should not have posted in the main 2gs forum...this is the right place....i am looking for another company maybe a little cheaper
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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You bent an upper control arm?

You're talking about the upper A-arm, right?

Holy crap. That takes a bunch of force.
I would be looking into replacing ball joints, tie rod ends,
and other control arms if this part got bent. It's not significantly
stressed, it just goes up & down to control the movement of
the suspension. I can't even imagine how this happened!

Please inspect your other suspension components and get a
good four-wheel alignment, for safety's sake!
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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yes you did but i can not see spending $900
cusco arms..bout $1000 plus adjustable night pager lower arms (rear) plus rca plus pillowball joints plus.. etc etc.. to tighten the setup youll need at least $3k.

Cusco arms can be found browsing importmonster.com(heh..iatleast its in english and not japanese.)
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Raph TT
Cusco arms can be found browsing importmonster.com(heh..iatleast its in english and not japanese.)
I tried going to that site and it looks like they are trying to pawn off the domain name.
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