opinions on rear lower control arms

Irish5.7 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 06:48 PM

So it finally happened, one my uber Active Autowerekes rear lower control arms finally snapped...on a spirited car cruise today...and yes, she somehow made it home...pics will come at some point if anyone is interested. You know them, they are the ones that Dado and so many others complained about then AA just happened to take them off their site sometime back...

Anyway, all things aside, I need to replace them.

The 2 main options I am looking at are:

1. ground control
2. turnersmotorsports

On Bimmerworld they have the Ground Control and 2 others on their site...both of the ones besides the Ground Control look like some sort of knockoff as they don't have a brand name or anything.

Out of all of those I am leaning toward the ground control, but unfortunately I was trying to get some more info on these and could not find them on the Ground Control website.

Here are the Turnermotor sports...Turner Motorsport - Item# TSU9940001 - TMS E36/E46 Adjustable Rear Camber Arms (Pair) - E36 E46.

The car is running H&R street springs and single adjustable Koni's. I don't track the car that much, but I want more strength obviously.

What I am looking for is people that are running any of these with similiar setups like I have ('95 M3) and can offer sound advice. I am also looking for other alternatives out there that I am not aware of. I don't really care about the weight of the RCCA's, but more strength so this doesn't happen again. I apperciate all comments.

Irish5.7 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 06:59 PM

Also just found these on Ireland Engineering...

Irish5.7 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 07:13 PM

Ok, heh, I guess UUC makes some too!!

Help!!!! :0

Magical Trevor · #4 (**permalink**) 09-23-2007, 08:06 PM

Well, I don't know sh*t about control arms, but my experience with uuc has lead me to believe that they over-engineer everything and their stuff is a lot more reliable than other products out there. Unless you can find some negative reviews of the UUC product, I'd go with those.

milKt · #5 (**permalink**) 09-24-2007, 09:02 AM

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BadGTho · #6 (**permalink**) 09-24-2007, 01:30 PM

that's BS.. AA should replace it.

Irish5.7 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-24-2007, 08:46 PM

I used to get all sorts of stuff from AA. I still have some of it on my car b/c when I started doing a lot of modifications, they were one of the few companies that seemed to carry the stuff that I was looking for.

They, like a lot of other companies, got big and started doing the "I'm too busy to help you anymore attitude." I have seemed to hear over and over that a lot of people, esp. peeps like Dado and such have had multiple problems with them and I am starting to get the idea...(something about them having multiple problems tuning his car, stuff breaking, not getting parts internally in the motor he payed for yadda yadda)

They don't even sell the part anymore. I think they stopped selling it about 2 years ago when everyone started having problems with them. Yes, they should do something but they won't and it's probably a waste of my time to try...now that's sad.

I went with the UUC's btw, thanks everyone for the input. I'll throw up a pic of the AA RCCA when I take it off.