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NZM.031 Grand Master

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hey guys... my l/h ball joint is ratshit and causing steering woes..

im not too keen on replacing it with a used ball joint, whether it be in a control arm or by itself.. its a lot of work ie. pressing etc.. id rather pay extra, and get 2 brand new adjustable control arms... or second hand good control arms.. i dunno why, im just like that.

so who makes them?? i know justjap has some for $499.. and i could get r33 ones but sydneykid has always shot them down as they muck with the angles too much.

just wondering if anyone knows of some like project-d or someone make them.. i get lots of upper arms and rear arms... but not much in the way of lower front control arms.

has anyone done the r33 arms and had it work as desired??

i cant find a listing for ball joints for the 32... or any import for that matter.. i imagine nissan are exy.. and for the price of 2 ball joints and control arm bushes... i could have a set of adjustable control arms.

all help is appreciated.

cheers

Linton

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hey guys... my l/h ball joint is ratshit and causing steering woes..

im not too keen on replacing it with a used ball joint, whether it be in a control arm or by itself.. its a lot of work ie. pressing etc.. id rather pay extra, and get 2 brand new adjustable control arms... or second hand good control arms.. i dunno why, im just like that.

so who makes them?? i know justjap has some for $499.. and i could get r33 ones but sydneykid has always shot them down as they muck with the angles too much.

just wondering if anyone knows of some like project-d or someone make them.. i get lots of upper arms and rear arms... but not much in the way of lower front control arms.

has anyone done the r33 arms and had it work as desired??

i cant find a listing for ball joints for the 32... or any import for that matter.. i imagine nissan are exy.. and for the price of 2 ball joints and control arm bushes... i could have a set of adjustable control arms.

all help is appreciated.

cheers

Linton

Ikeya Formula...but you will need lots of Yen.

White GTS-T Mentor

White GTS-T

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I have the R33 LCA's with stock upper arms. They gave me -2.5 degrees of camber up front. I got the arms second hand from Japanese Import Spares. The ball joints were in excellent condition. I think I paid about $180 for the pair.

NZM.031 Grand Master

NZM.031

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and you dont have any dramas with bump steer as sydneykid said would happen??

$180 for second hand ones.. or $400 for brand new ones with new ball joints and pillowball mounts... hmm.

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White GTS-T Mentor

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I have a little bit of bump steer in the front end but thats only because of the rack end spacers and because the car is too low. If anything the 33 LCA's made it better.

If a was serious about fixing it, i would look at getting some ball joints and tie rod ends with built in roll centre adaptors like these http://www.japaneseimportspares.com.au/par...footworkothers/ ...or just raise the ride hight and remove the steering lock spacers...

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I actually did go the whole hog with s14 LCAs, roll center adjusters, steering lock spacers, and ikeya formula tie rods and MFR tie rod ends.

The car was silly low and no more bump steer. It was a fluke, but the front end never felt better :)

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