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    Established Member Two Rings NewB7's Avatar
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    All Upper Control Arms created equal?

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    Going to be doing the upper control arms soon and was wondering if anyone had good/bad things to say of the following CA's? More importantly, have any of the following CA's failed prematurely on you, like the stock CA's?
    http://www.europaparts.com/control-a...-b7-upper.html
    http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4-...rms/ES2130099/
    http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4-...l_Arms/ES1611/

    I'm leaning towards the ECS Tuning Kit w/ hardware for $134 being that it's a good price point and comes with all hardware. Although, the Meyle kit states it includes "Heavy Duty" components and I'm wondering if that would be a better option being that I don't want to be replacing these again at 130K miles. I'm not lowered and don't plan to be either. I'm also aware that the pinch bolt on these jobs can be a real pain but I'm hoping the nice California weather hasn't seized them up too bad.
    Ibis S-line, APR Stage II, 034 HFC, Carbonio CAI, 034 mounts, Apikol Snub, 034 CC, STaSIS exhaust, Zimmerman cross drilled rotors/Hawk HPS pads

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    Established Member Two Rings muniz10@aol.com's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by NewB7 View Post
    Going to be doing the upper control arms soon and was wondering if anyone had good/bad things to say of the following CA's? More importantly, have any of the following CA's failed prematurely on you, like the stock CA's?
    http://www.europaparts.com/control-a...-b7-upper.html
    http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4-...rms/ES2130099/
    http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4-...l_Arms/ES1611/

    I'm leaning towards the ECS Tuning Kit w/ hardware for $134 being that it's a good price point and comes with all hardware. Although, the Meyle kit states it includes "Heavy Duty" components and I'm wondering if that would be a better option being that I don't want to be replacing these again at 130K miles. I'm not lowered and don't plan to be either. I'm also aware that the pinch bolt on these jobs can be a real pain but I'm hoping the nice California weather hasn't seized them up too bad.
    wish i had seen this sooner , i paid 40 a peice for aftermarket ones from our parts supplier , , hopefully will be good , im getting alot of noises , and the bushings were ripped to sh**

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    Veteran Member Four Rings thenofjboy's Avatar
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    I know your looking for stock CA replacement but "IF" your every thinking about getting lowered on coils etc, now would be the perfect time to get ADJ CA'. I like the 4yr warranty on the heavy duty CAs though..

    Just my 2 cents...GL!
    Sean

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    B7---GIAC--BBS--DDM--JHM+S4Exhaust--StaSIS SS--034--AudiUP--USP--RedEBC--IE--DrakesVC#12--B7S4 Brakes--StopTech--GFB DV+--

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    B5---GIAC-K04--RACETEC--APR--DEPO--AUTOTECH--VMR--FORGE--034--H&R--BILSTEIN--FUJITA

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    Active Member Two Rings jbowser12's Avatar
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    I had meyle HD LCAs on my e46 and I also run them right now on my allroad. On the e46, they were great to me. Sold the car ~15k post-install so im not sure how long they would have lasted. Only have about 10k with them on my allroad... So far so good

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