Lower and Upper Control Arms front

[valpacer]

The Arms that Stu carries in stock are JBA items, and yes they run replaceable ball joints.

[senatorjohn]

Bought some Roadsafe boots from Autobarn, RB317K, for the top joints. Not a neat fit in the shaft of the joint. Pretty sure the BJ6 were right for the bottom.
John

[blek]

Just had my upper arms and lower ball joints done about a month ago. Ordered the parts through JBA and had them done locally - $830 for the parts shipped (JBA a-arms, moog HD ball joints and Teraflex bump stops) and a couple of hours labour.

[Fouros]

generally cheaper to buy direct from al then worrying about a reseller mark up also look at rockauto.com pricing for oem replacements is outstanding


I run raybestos bushes and moog ball joints

[Auberon]

Ball joint boots are available in the UK. They are policed heavily as part of their MOT inspections and quire readily available for exact fits. Especially for the KJ do a search on this forum and you will find my previous reference with source companies etc.
It is relatively easy to get your boot dimensions from source sites and then buy to suit for exact fit.
Approximate fits are downright useless given they WILL by poor fitment permit ingress of abrasive media and water.
Postage to here is not that expensive.
Here the expectation is to replace a perfectly serviceable ball joint - there they re-boot. Cost is negligible.
Separate and install. Easy and economical - relatively.
Get with the programme.
Australia drags the chain in much automotive- there are organisations that only do boots in UK.
GOOGLE with sensible search parameters please.

[cmohr]

Originally Posted by glend

Thanks Chris I didn't know JBA carried that stuff. Of course the stock front upper control arm ball joints can't be replaced, you have to replace the arm - unless you have JBA A-arms. Right?

That's right glend, I have had the JBA upper arms since 2008 - 2009. They arrived yesterday morning, took me 30min to swap out both sides.

[daz80]

Thanks for the replies and the links to source parts. Ill let you know how i get on.

edit; is this a suitable part? http://www.carparts.com/details/Mevo.../MEMK3198.html