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Lower arms, doe's it make any difference Do they last longer
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:05 am
by luxconvertible
Is a Ball joint a ball joint?? And which arms are the OE? Where's the best place to buy? eBay for pair£78.29?,eurocarparts (lemforder) £107.88 with good discount!! Not sure how much they are from the steelers??
Re: Lower arms, doe's it make any difference Do they last lo
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:14 pm
by Sesq
Lemforder are genrally very good, though I've never tried them on E30s specifically. I wouldn't buy any unbranded parts off of ebay for anything.
Re: Lower arms, doe's it make any difference Do they last lo
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:27 pm
by SgHawk
I recently bought some lemforder control arms from ecp via Matt (Meatballs82 on here) and the service was excellent, i'd use them again.
The parts look to be high quality kit from a brief inspection, although I haven't got round to fitting them yet.
Re: Lower arms, doe's it make any difference Do they last lo
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:54 pm
by Rtaylor2208
Having read a lot of posts about changing the control arms over the general consensus, if you can afford to, buy the Lemforder arms (ECP via Meatballs82) and M3 Eccentric rear bushes from the dealers (approx £40 for the pair).
The cheaper arms tend to fail fairly quickly and poly bushes tend to give a worse ride.
Personally I would buy the Lemforder and M3 bushes as its not a job you really want to have to do more than once.