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Recommended Brands For Suspension Replacement?
I need to replace the front upper and lower control arms and struts on my daughter’s 2001 CL Type S. I was looking on Rockauto and saw there are quite a few brands that I’ve never heard of. I’m looking for OEM quality (or close to it) at an economical price. I assume the lowest cost ones on there are no good, but what about the mid priced brands? I was thinking Moog...are they any good? Also, since it’s a Type S which has the sportier suspension, why can’t I find the quick struts that are Type S specific? I’ve seen some that say fits all models, including Accords...? Does it matter if I don’t get Type S specific struts/springs? I have a spring compressor but I wanted to get the fully assembled ones for convenience and I think the upper strut bushing/cushion is worn... FYI, my daugther is 16 and does not have her license yet so this is her first car. I am spending my free time in the garage addressing issues. Ive been working on it for about a month now and it’s starting to look and run great. I need to keep the costs low for financial reasons. Anyone tried these cheap eBay complete kits?... https://www.ebay.com/itm/16-Pc-Suspe...k/273538631024 pic https://i.imgur.com/jDeJuFD.jpg |
To say the least, that ebay kit seems to have almost everything you need to refresh the front suspension outside of the struts.
I located the contact info for partsw-inc on the link below. Maybe call them up and try to get an idea of what kind of components the kit includes. :shrug: Not sure how you feel about using Chinese parts; however, that's usually how these vendors keep 'kit costs', such as this, low. It would, though, cover pretty much all the parts to get your job done in one order.:) https://partsw.com/contact-us.html P.S. I used moog inner/outer LCA bushes in the past and they cracked in about a year. Went back to the rubber OEM's, IIRC'ly are KYB, and have had no problems.:thumbsup: |
Think we've seen a few issues here with the cheap control arms from eBay in the past. May want to go with a name-brand from Amazon or the local parts store for those. Moog is good and people frequently use their parts when replacing CL-S suspension. I used their swaybar links a year or two ago and have had no issues.
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Ive went through a few sets of upper control arms on the cl's.. the beck/ arnley ones have lasted the longest for the money off rockauto.. the mevotechs and the cheaper of the two moog's the upper ball joint looked bad after only a few months lowered only 1.5 inches..
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Just want to say that I bought MOOG front upper control arms with the non-serviceable ball joints and one of the ball joints stripped out upon install. More than likely from carelessness of the person installing them, though. Other than that, its been over a year and a half with no issues and they made a huge drivability difference.
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https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...e11a6f8e1.jpeg I went with the AC Delco UCA’s from Rock Auto and Moog Lower ball joints. I also got some KYB Struts and KYB spring cushion spacers. I’ll source some front sway bar end links locally as well... I’ll be installing everything Weds... |
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