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Control arm MOOG or MEYLE
My CAs were replaced at around 50k km by my best guess (close to before I got my car). They are Meyle HDs, and no issues here (not that there should be any at this mileage).
Pros: no issues, good reliability
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 50000 km
I rebuilt my E46 suspension with Meyle HD control arms and they use ball joints at least as good if not better than ZHP ones.
Pros: good ball joints, better than ZHP
Vehicle:
BMW
I've put some Meyle control arms on a friend's BMW and they seemed pretty good, and I also fitted Meyle droplinks on mine, so they're probably fine for the upper wishbones.
Pros: seemed pretty good
Vehicle:
BMW
I purchased from Ecstuning and elected to replace the whole control arm instead of just the bushings which I hear is a very tedious job. I went with the meyle lower control arms because a pair was as much as one of the oem. It is supposed to be more reinforced and heavy duty compared to the oem.
Pros: reinforced and heavy duty
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
I fitted a couple of Meyle control arms on a friend's BMW a few months ago and was impressed with them, particularly for the price, they came with replaceable ball joints too.
Pros: impressed with the price
Vehicle:
BMW
I still like the original bushing and not the solid one. I like the idea of having my control arm play well for the up and down motion thus making the car ride better (kudos to vw engineers). my original bushing lasted around 8 years (not bad) and by that time I could hear some squeaky sound (no more squeak now) so I replaced it with the same type of bushing but not the expensive vw part.
Pros: car ride better
Cons: squeaky sound
I got just the upper Meyle HD control arms from FCP when I replaced my front shocks and they are good quality.
Pros: good quality
I've used them (control arms, ball joints, strut mounts (only on street cars), wheel bearings, etc) for years without any problems. Granted I only log about 3000 miles/year on one of the cars but it takes a fair share of abuse during those miles and I haven't yet broken a ball joint or a tie-rod end.
Pros: no problems for years
Mileage: 3000 km
I think RockAuto has bad batches of these. Received a replacement that was worse than the first one and welded crooked. Same problem with subframe interference and not being able to line the back side up to thread the bolt in. Sent both back for refund. Picked up an OEM control arm from GAP and it installed without issue.
Cons: welded crooked, subframe interference
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