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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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How's e-bay control arms

I'm want to replace both control arms how about these
http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-Control-Arm-B-J...QQcmdZViewItem
for 200$ seems like a good deal but i don't know anything about quality
also friend of mine works at nissan dealership so he can get OEM parts with employee discount. But it's gonna be more expensive than of e-bay.
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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Dont buy them, you will regret it. Mainly becuase of the poor quality ball joints used on them. I bought just the ball joints and they lasted about 3 months or so. If you can at all spare the money for OEM then get those for sure.



Old Oct 11, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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Looks fine to me. What's the problem?
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by black97
I'm want to replace both control arms how about these
http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-Control-Arm-B-J...QQcmdZViewItem
for 200$ seems like a good deal but i don't know anything about quality
also friend of mine works at nissan dealership so he can get OEM parts with employee discount. But it's gonna be more expensive than of e-bay.
Basically, everything that I replaced on my 1992 Max came from EBay, and that includes control arms, tie rods, steering rack, power steering pump, brake disks and drums. It all depends on the Seller. Check his feedback to see if he has any unhappy customers. If something seems to good to be true, price-wise, it probably is.

Sometimes, you get lucky and buy a quality product for a low price. Shop around.
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Looks fine to me. What's the problem?
Don't you see the spot of rust on the end of the balljoint stud?

LOL
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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and the lack of the rubber "ball"???
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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You guys pick up sarcasm well.
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo no Ebay control arms
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo no Ebay control arms
add a couple more oooooooo's for me. i'm lucky i got a fullll refund, paid for the shipping back too. guy sent me mismatched arms that were different materials. one of my mechanics didn't even wanna put them in for liability issues
Old Oct 13, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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I highly recommend eBay IF you find quality parts on it. Sure, there are a lot of sellers who peddle junk, But you can also find guys who are legit and offer OEM stuff, too.

Caveat emptor.
Old Oct 13, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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It looks like he is a good seller .... 99.9% positive feedback out of 6612 purchases. He claims that it's a high quality stuff ... also you have 1 year warranty.
Old Oct 13, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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dont cheap out, employees get cost + 5%( or atleast i do). later down the road when you end up replacing the ebay control arms because of poor build quality/parts you will regret not spending the extra money to get the oem ones.
Old Oct 15, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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i agree...would not recommend ebay control arms
Old Oct 15, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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They look good to me. Although ebay is famous for junk parts (cheap) and some good ones but minimal
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