Yeah, I was quoted about the same from my local stealership as well. These savings are pretty immense.

Dealer Price = 6*$75 = $450
Malloy Price = 6*$50 = $300
Total savings: $150

 

thanks for setting this up walien! i've been driving around on bad pillowballs for over a year now but with those prices, i'd don't have an excuse to wait.

 

Just curious.. this deal doesn't happen to include any bushing from this set on rx7store.net right?

http://www.rx7store.net/index.asp?Pa...ROD&ProdID=861

I don't want to be purchasing parts over again.

 

replacing the pillow *****:
- eliminated clunking
- eliminated wheel hop
- reduced mushy tracking wandering feel (example: when the car wheels catch the grooves left in pavement from tire wear especially stud wear)
- more stable tracking under hard acceleration and braking

my car had 19,000 original miles and was driven by a retired woman and they still needed replacing.
would be nice if there was a high quality, high durability, prolonged longevity aftermarket component to replace these. seemed that most of the wear as far as I could determine upon inspecting them was from grit / dirt getting past the seals.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GETTING NEW DUST/GREASE SEALS AS WELL!

chuck

 

hey max,
do you have to replace the oem control arms just to replace the ball joints. do you know if there are after market replacement ball joints made.
i remember years ago working on some american cars, having to air chisel off a couple "large rivet like" pieces to remove the ball joints, but they were replaceable.

chuck

 

walien is this the same rear pillow ***** as the last group buy, or are these for the front?

 

Are there any upgrades to these bushing aside from stock and nylon? Perhaps the FEED bushings?

 

I could give you an indefinite answer, but I would ask JimLab just to make sure.

 

Yes, same as the last group buy. (for PIIB -- for putting it in the back )

 

I am not aware of any way to replace the front upper and/or lower ball joints other than to get new control arms. I wish there was a cheaper alternative, but I've never heard of one.

-Max

 

You could buy the six identical pillow ***** that are the topic of this thread and buy the kit from RX-7 Store and you would not have any extra/duplicate bushings. In fact, you would also need 2 more stock bushings (rear lower control arm [not the trailing link] at the body) and toe links to replace all the bushings.

You might need new ball joints in front, too, which are only available with new suspension arms. The suspension arms come pre-loaded with stock rubber bushings, so you would end up with duplicates there.

I recommend not running the nylon bushings in the following locations, based on the fact they they wore out in these locations on my car (YMMV, but this is my recommendation based on my experiences):
- front upper control arm (2 bushings per side)
- bottom of rear shock @ rear upper control arm (1 bushing per side) -- this may have been a lack of lube on my car, but they were a little loose even before I washed the lube away, IIRC

-Max

 

Does anyone know the part number?

Is it one of those?

FD01-26-230 - BALL,PILLOW-RR LWR ARM

FD01-28-42Y - BUSH,BALL

Thanks

 

Just call Malloy and tell them you're there for the Pillowball group buy.

 

Actually I wanted to compare it to the Motorsport price...they not always the cheapest.

 

The part number for the pillow ***** is FD01-26-220.

How to replace them with common hand tools, without taking the suspension arms off the car:
http://maxcooper.com/rx7/how-to/susp...lls/index.html

-Max

 

Thanks,
I got confused since it was said that there are 6 identical pillow *****. I couldn't find the 6 in the catalogue drawings. They all seemed to have different numbers and prices.

 

Well even though I don't think I'd jump on this deal just yet (its not june 30th yet so you never know). I must say ordering from that Malloy mazda was really really easy. I still cant wait to get my order.

 

Let me second that. They are around $3 each. The FSM tells you to replace them, but in most walk-throughs they reuse them. You need 12 to replaces them all. IMHO, At least replace the 4 on the trailing arm bushing as they see alot of flexing during normal suspension travel. One of mine failed and I found corrosion on bushing. You have been warned.

 

Hrm, maybe I should have ordered more dust covers.

 

All of them...

Btw, here is a copy of my receipt from over a year ago. This is a great deal!

:edit: sorry, the picture wouldn't upload but they were $424.37!

 

Ouch! We are *REALLY* getting a good deal!

 

Obviously, the dealership I went to really screws people out of money. They wanted $2200 dollars to fix an oil leak. It cost me less than $100 to do it on my own. Go figure.

 

I just ordered mine today and can't wait to put them on. What would we do without Ray! Thanks again Walien!

 

No prob, Bob! I'm just glad I could help out the community.

 

I just received mind today. Never realized how small they were. I should have them installed this Sunday.