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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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i had jingleing and it sounded like ballons rubbing together,.. i just did all my contrl arms tie rod ends and sway bar links i used the febi kit from ecs tuning car is great now
 
Old Sep 17, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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i had jingleing and it sounded like ballons rubbing together,.. i just did all my contrl arms tie rod ends and sway bar links i used the febi kit from ecs tuning car is great now
 
Old Sep 17, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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with the hub off they can be tested also we have the MOT which tests the cars in Ireland once every year.
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I have had to replace 4 uppers only - lowers are still ok after 115k miles
how can you tell if the lowers are bad?
 
Old Sep 17, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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Default RE: Control arms, it there a better brand to go with?

i had jingleing and it sounded like ballons rubbing together,.. i just did all my contrl arms tie rod ends and sway bar links i used the febi kit from ecs tuning car is great now
Can you just use the factory arms with some aftermarket poly bushings?
 
Old Sep 19, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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i person ally didnt want to waste my time with that ecs tuning has the kits all set up for you already all the control arms swaybar links and tie rod ends
 
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Default RE: Control arms, it there a better brand to go with?

Our Febi-Bilstein and Meyle kits are both very popular kits.

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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 04:25 PM
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I have heard a lot of complaints from the Meyle kit guys having to change it once a year my supplier won't even carry Meyle I only get the Febi/Bilstien kits and have had no problems with that
 
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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i heard that with polyurathane joints the ride is noiser, squeeky....i personally don't care as long as it lasts longer
 
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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How far would you say you could lower the car with the febi/bilstein arms before the camber is thrown off?
 
Old Sep 23, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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thats a great question....i was thinking about puting lowering springs on my car since i have to change the control arms and everythings going to be taken apart anyway. i called eibach and the guy there told me that with the pro kit springs that lower the car about 1.3"/1.4" shouldn't need anything other than an alignment to factory specs. thats the route i'm going to go, since i have to change the control arms and it'll be easy to do all at once.
 
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