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I went through the video and I don't feel the grinding would affect structural integrity but am not that experienced with the effects of machining an aluminum arm. Street driven car so it won't take extreme stress like a track vehicle. Anyone actually try these?
Getting the front driver's side lower control arm is pretty much unobtanium now, even from Japan.
Updating this thread for future peeps. The install was super easy. Being that the control arms are aluminum, grinding and finishing are quick. I was initially worried about not planing the surface perfectly with the hand tools at my disposal, however the joints sit on a lip within the arm that are untouched by grinding. In addition the factory bore for the balljoints take the pressure under driving rather than the face. The ball joints from CCFablab pressed in nice and snug. I have had them on the car for around 3 weeks now and no complaints. I swapped them out along with swapping old Flex Zs for new ones and the car handles dreamily now. The little front left play I was experiencing is gone. Zerk fitting on the new ball joints makes for easy maintenance. Any question feel free to post up.
Getting ready Rubber boot off
After cleaning grinding off the old ball joint
End cap removed; joints pop out pretty easy little persuasion needed.
Top arms are still available aftermarket, OEM quality and good prices. I swapped mine out for new ones. I'd say that top one doesn't seem to take the pressure like the lowers, but could be an issue in the future when arms run out.
06-29-21, 11:03 PM
