Need advice. Upper Control Arm
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Im trying to purchase upper control arm for my 1998 LS400, what brand do you suggest? My budget is around $300.
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I need to replace both of my 93 LS upper control arms. New OEM is $590 each, or around $1300 with tax for a pair of L&R. This is crazy expensive.
Can you share with us your experience as to why and which aftermarket products are not good to use? The aftermarket part is around $100 each.
I assume the low priced ones are from China, but I see some German made for around $160 each.
Can you share with us your experience as to why and which aftermarket products are not good to use? The aftermarket part is around $100 each.
I assume the low priced ones are from China, but I see some German made for around $160 each.
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i have a '93 and put the arnotts on a year and a half ago. no problems. the other posts have some negative comments, but apparently they don't hold up as well if your car is lowered or slammed. mine isn't. there comes a point when you just can't justify putting half the value of the car into those two parts, in my o[inion.
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as far as something quite as essential as an suspension part for this car, OEM is pretty much gonna be your best bet. YES, they are crazy expensive, but why take chances with another part that is not made for your car. Aftermarket's are gonna be far and few between, and will not work quote as well.
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www.parts.com has the oem UCA for $515 ea. That is still crazy expensive.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
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www.parts.com has the oem UCA for $515 ea. That is still crazy expensive.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
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www.parts.com has the oem UCA for $515 ea. That is still crazy expensive.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
after reading more about UCA here on CL, I get the feeling APX may be ok to use. Anyone here have experience with upper control arm from APX for first gen LS?
If you have APX on, please let us know for how long and how's it going.
Any info on LBJ (lower ball joint) is also appreciated. Thanks everyone.
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The best price for OEM I have found so far is on www.parts.com ($515 each). Anyone who knows of better price for the OEM arm please help!
This is situation is terrible for us first generation owners.
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as far as something quite as essential as an suspension part for this car, OEM is pretty much gonna be your best bet. YES, they are crazy expensive, but why take chances with another part that is not made for your car. Aftermarket's are gonna be far and few between, and will not work quote as well.
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UCA by Arnott APX DMA Dorman and OEM ....
We can see here on CL that Arnott is no good. I am not sure about APX. APX is just a reseller and they source the arm from DMA Goodpoint. I called DMA Goodpoint and they no longer sell the arms (as of two months ago).
My guess is Arnott, APX, DMA Goodpoint, are all resellers. They all sell the same crap from China with the bad ball joint design If you go on Alibaba.com you will find you can buy these arms by the 100s or 1000s for very very cheap. My guess is all those arms on ebay are from this source in China. All crap.
Dorman may be different and better, but I am not certain at this point.
I searched and have not seen feedback from CL members about Dorman UCA. This is strange because the OEM is so expensive ($600) and I thought by now we would have some feedbacks about Dorman.
I called Dorman tech support directly today 800-523-2492 www.dormanproducts.com (1/9/2012). The man on the phone told me they design and engineer this part and they are manufactured in Taiwan.
http://www.dormanproducts.com/p-2213...2520Suspension
The fact I got a real tech support person to tell me this gives me some comfort.
I will probably buy one Dorman arm and try it out. At $195 I think I am will to give them a try. (And Amazon.com will take it back if I tell them it's crap.) This product is also sold on rockauto.com.
Dorman part no. 520-459 and 520-460 (L and R upper control arm for first gen LS)
If you know anything about these Dorman UCA please share your knowledge with us.
We can see here on CL that Arnott is no good. I am not sure about APX. APX is just a reseller and they source the arm from DMA Goodpoint. I called DMA Goodpoint and they no longer sell the arms (as of two months ago).
My guess is Arnott, APX, DMA Goodpoint, are all resellers. They all sell the same crap from China with the bad ball joint design If you go on Alibaba.com you will find you can buy these arms by the 100s or 1000s for very very cheap. My guess is all those arms on ebay are from this source in China. All crap.
Dorman may be different and better, but I am not certain at this point.
I searched and have not seen feedback from CL members about Dorman UCA. This is strange because the OEM is so expensive ($600) and I thought by now we would have some feedbacks about Dorman.
I called Dorman tech support directly today 800-523-2492 www.dormanproducts.com (1/9/2012). The man on the phone told me they design and engineer this part and they are manufactured in Taiwan.
http://www.dormanproducts.com/p-2213...2520Suspension
The fact I got a real tech support person to tell me this gives me some comfort.
I will probably buy one Dorman arm and try it out. At $195 I think I am will to give them a try. (And Amazon.com will take it back if I tell them it's crap.) This product is also sold on rockauto.com.
Dorman part no. 520-459 and 520-460 (L and R upper control arm for first gen LS)
If you know anything about these Dorman UCA please share your knowledge with us.