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10-04-2008, 04:54 PM
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Need some recomendations
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.
10-04-2008, 05:04 PM
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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
10-04-2008, 05:40 PM
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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.
10-04-2008, 08:30 PM
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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
its all good
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10-05-2008, 03:10 PM
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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)
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)
10-05-2008, 04:44 PM
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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)
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)
10-05-2008, 08:43 PM
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