[s-cars] control arms

[Tom Green]

>
The consensus has been TRW has the best arms, but avoid Meyle.  I  
would add, avoid any
originating in China;  including any JL Germany, FEQ (first equipment  
quality), or similar
brands that are made in China.  There are probably some good parts  
originating there, but
there is not enough data yet to identify any acceptable parts, just  
the bad ones.

Febi is in the middle.  Respected brand, but you can't be sure their  
parts are not made in
China now.  You just hope they are closely monitoring the quality  
control in the plant.
FAP99 sells these arms.

I have Karlyn brand arms I bought from Blau but now find they are made  
in Taiwan (upper
China) and Pelican parts sells them for half what Blau charged (and  
discloses what they are
up front)  I have a years use on them and no issues to report.  If you  
are considering just
getting those Meyle or off brand arms, I would recommend Pelican Parts  
Karlyn arms above
those, and they cost less.

The upper strut mounts appear to be more critical to use a high  
quality part, although the
investment in labor is less to change these.  You can get proficient  
enough with changing
lower control arms to make that a relatively simple and easy task, but  
the first few require
more effort.  Better to use quality parts and do it once.

I haven't mentioned the dealer.  You can check the genuinevwaudi.com  
discount price to
see why-expensive.


Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:56:03 +0000 (UTC)
> From: derocco_16v at comcast.net
> Hi all,
> What is the best place to get new control arms (front) and what  
> brand should I be looking for?
> Thanks!
>
> Martin,
>
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