You may have seen that I do some nice Lower Control Arms. Until now they have been for the 4th gens only. I am getting more people asking me about the 5th gens.

Here are some pics of the 5th Gen arms I started doing:

This shows the MOOG ball join with new castle nut and cotter pin

This is a good pic of the beefy ES poly-urethane bushing

You can see how well the bushings are greased. This prevents the squeeks some people complain about.


I started using NEW that's right NEW Control arms with an aftermarket bushing and ES bushings. That means, no waiting, no cores to deal with! THe price will be $189 per arm.

PM with any questions. i check that more often than this thread.

For some pics of the 4th Gens, follow this link:
http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...cs-inside.html

 

I'm down will have money in 2 weeks need both sides

 

Could you email me some pics I may be interested. What are the benefits of these thanks. If you dont have a pic of the 5th gen maybe a pic of the 4th gen.

 

^+1

 

^ +2

 

If you follow the link, I have a few large pics in another thread. I added one of the before and after pics.

If you will note, I don't have 4th gen pics, because I have not done them yet. I'm doing this to start the process, just like I did the 4th gens. There's quite a lot involved in making jigs, etc to make sure you don't get a bent control arm.

But, follow the link, you will get the idea.

 

I have handled the 4th gens personally in my hands and installed them, these are better then OEM IMO. They are of up most quality and the people who have them love them, SNOMAX is a trusted member on the org. What he does for you all of us is a great service and you know you can expect an awesome product from him without any question.

 

Im down, my passenger side ball joint is toast and has been for a while and I think I heard a clunk on the drivers side now too...So in for both side here.

 

I see, I thought you had redesigned them or something. I already did mine myself, still have the originals in my shed.

 

I would be down for both side for my 5th gen, but I have disposed of my both LCA's since they where damaged. I dont need the lateral link and bolt since Dave B just shipped brand new one last week and those are being polished at this time.

Can you please confirm how much you would charge me and I'll Paypal today.

Thanks you & best regards

AA

 

Add me to the list for both sides.

Kevin

 

We should be all set, with GoldMember it make 5 peoples, can you please confirm and I'll sent the money by Paypal.

 

Actually, Goldmember makes 4, he was already on the list.

 

Hey SNOMAX, I sent the Paypent few minuts ago.

Thanks for the nice deal.

Cheers

AA

 

Do we have the option of getting them powder coated another color? If not how much shipped for the entire set up without the coating? I'll get them powder coated myself. I do a lot of car shows and do an under carriage display.

 

I like that idea too.

AA

 

I am really impressed by these, based on your 4th gen thread. I had issues with ball joints and LCA bushings before, and definitely understand the weaknesses behind these. I will be taking these into consideration soon.

 

I tried a powder coating--the issue is since I rebuild older arms, there are sometimes pits where the rust was sandblasted out, so the caoting does not look as nice. To clean them up takes too much time to get them to a "show quality" state.

Orgullo, let me send you a PM with the price and details.

 

Hey Snowmax, did you get my payment ?

Maybe what you can do is send the LCA just sanblasted without any coating, then each will have to remove the metal pit and grind all the edge and have those powder coated.

Please ship mine with the coating, I will sandblast them next winter while the car will be garaged and have it powder coated, but for now they'll just be fine the way you do it.


Thank you & best regards

AA

 

The powder will fill those pit, when powder coating you can have scratch and little pit, the powder coater will just put more powder where the pits are and that will not show once cure.

My 2 cents


AA

 

These will be shipping this weekend. Thank you to those that have paid already. Those that haven't will get a reminder PM from me shortly.

 

Group deal is all done. I edited the first post and included some 5th Gen specific pictures. Thanks to those that purchased these.

 

Thank you snowmax, I have received those LCA'S sometime ago, I'm very happy with the quality.

Cheers

AA

 

Bump! I am sarting a new group deal. I am no longer using old parts, just NEW control arms. All else is the same, aftermarket ball joint, ES Urethane bushings and now... your choise of black powder coating or truckbed liner coating.

Price is $189 per arm Plus Actual shipping. i will be using UPS for tracking since the post office has let me down

Get in on this! i will combine this with the 4th gens, so we only need 5 people from either 4th or 5th gens to get this moving. See Post #1 for details.

 

IM IN!!!

 

So these come with polished bushing pins? Any extra cost for this service? Also, do we have to send our old pins back as cores?

 

Nismology, you bring up a good point I forgot to mention. I used to do the lateral links when refurbing cores. Now that I am working with new control arms, they don't send me the lateral links like I used to get from the junkyards.

If some people are interested in this, I can still do it, but they will need to send me their lateral links. The main reason I decided to make the switch was the quality the junkyard would send me. I spent a lot of time sourcing parts and I would say 40% of them were not up to my standards, so I had to get different parts.

This cost me a lot in time and shipping costs.

Also, you don't have to send anything back to me, which does save a little in return shipping.

So, to clarify, i am not doing the lateral links anymore, just the arms. I took out the picture in the post so people don't get confused.

 

Everyone needs to get their payments in by 1/23/09 for this latest group deal. This way those that have paid are not waiting forever for those that haven't.

 

Bump! If you are even thinking about these and haven't PM'd me yet, do so. I may be able to work something out with you even if you can't make the 23rd.

For the rest of you, send your payments in.

 

Bump for the last day...

 

I have a set of these made and ready to go. They have Mevotech ball joints and ES bushings plus the truck bed liner coating.

I made these for someone who backed out. So I need them gone. $129 a side or $199 for both, plus shipping. These are ready to be shipped out.

 

Are the Mevotech ball joints better than other OE replacements?

 

I'd say they are about the same. I really liked the Moog, but the Mevotech seems like the same design and has the benefit of the urethane boot on the ball joint.

It's a minor difference but, for example: On the passneger side, the oil sensor seems to leak alot and damage the rubber ball joint boot and bushing. With the mevotech ball joint and ES bushing, there are no rubber parts in the control arm anymore.

 

Monday Bump. I'll include a ball-joint separator with this if you buy this week!

 

PM has been sent.

 

This set is sold. However, I still make these on a regular basis, so if you need a pair of Control Arms, PM me.

Thanks .org !