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Posted by: 914Sixer Feb 8 2016, 07:20 PM

I know that URO is making them BUT I have a long standing hate relationship with their stuff. I see that Dansk is now making the arms. They are priced about $50-$100 above the URO arms. I hope the cost difference is because they are made in Europe. Anybody got any info?


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Posted by: mepstein Feb 8 2016, 07:34 PM

I think we get ours from Dansk. I'll check tomorrow.

Posted by: Larmo63 Feb 8 2016, 07:43 PM

Posted by: aturboman Feb 9 2016, 11:55 AM

They are both made on the same tooling in Taiwan. Tooling cost can be prohibitive for high tooling cost / low volume parts like these so it's pretty common for companies to share the expense.
I consulted on this project, so this is firsthand knowledge.

Posted by: 914Sixer Feb 9 2016, 08:39 PM

Well I guess that answered the question where the control arms are made. Maybe Taiwan is a positive over China?

Posted by: Chris914n6 Feb 9 2016, 09:11 PM

Most if not all aftermarket body parts are made in Taiwan. Probably good enough for a driver.

Posted by: Mikey914 Feb 10 2016, 09:24 AM

Maybe not. I have seen some "new" parts being pulled from old tools in Germany.

Posted by: Mark Henry Feb 10 2016, 10:32 AM

I just did this job and the only hard bit is dissasembly.
After that it's all quite easy, so I'd spend my money on a better bushing from Elephant, Tangerine or Rebel.
I used McMark's (Muller) bearing, but I don't know if he offers them anymore.

If you want rubber to be "correct" the bushing systems are reversible. BTW after seeing how rubber distorts I'm not impressed.

Posted by: stugray Feb 10 2016, 02:10 PM

If you understand the engineering bits that went into the design, then may I ask a question?

If I wanted to get the equivalent of the expensive offset balljoints for more front camber, is there any engineering reason that I cannot just lengthen the A-arm by welding in a 1/2-3/4" spacer to make the cross-member longer?