I just took my 06 LS in today to get an alignment done because I installed the new Megan Racing coilovers(awesome btw) and some 17" rims and tires. Anyway, they told me that I had a bad ball joint and lower control arm, where could I go to find some upgraded parts? I figure i may as well get better than stock stuff since i'm already upgrading other things.

 

Shouldn't you get the alignment done after you install the new stuff?

 

i went to get the alignment after i installed the coilovers and rims and that's when they told me i had a bad ball joint and control arm. so now i'm looking to just get something better than what i have now to replace the bad parts

 

Sorry, guess I was in a hurry and didn't read everything :0)

 

A bad ball joint already? How many miles has your Cobalt got on it? Our '01 Blazer has ~57,000 miles on it and one of the front ball joints went out a few weeks back, the first one to do so.

 

not even 18,000 yet, idk how the hell it happened. i'm almost thinking about throwing on the stock **** for a weekend and taking it in for warranty work but as i said earlier in the thread, i'd like to see what better stuff is out there. i thought about the FE5 control arms from crate engine but i cant seem to find the ball joints anywhere

its all good

 

The Lower Control Arms come complete.

FE5 arms are the way to go.

The Koni guys use them, the Time Attack car used them, the only "upgrade" is really to get the bushing swapped for Delrin(or similar) and pillow ball joint

 

right on, thanks. where can i get the bushings and pillow joints?

 

If you search for builders of the Time Attack cars and the Grand Am Cup cars youll find out who offers them.

This isnt a mod recommended for street use though, they are VERY stiff, and transmit more nnoise/vibrations to the chassis. The pillow joint also arent really designed for the street either, as they would require a lot of maintenance.

Like I said FE5 LCAs are the way to go. It should only be like $300 to upgrade.(the "race" arms are more like $1000)

 

x 2 you got it! good advice ....

 

yea i almost posted about LCA's alittle bit ago. i was looking for upgraded lower control arms as well.

 

thanks for the help guys, i think i'll just go ahead and get the FE5 LCAs and just to double check, the LCAs should just be a direct swap?

 

flca direct swap gotta do them in pairs it changes the Castor a little (wheelbase)