Upper Rear Ball Joints (4th & 5th gens)

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:53 pm

mercutio wrote:well the upper arms are interchangeable and a good retrofit so i dont see why they wouldnt be

That's still just an assumption though. They obviously improved on the design, so they might have decided to make them thicker as well.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:56 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:And are front droplinks the same between 4th and 5th gens as well?

i was under the impression they were different mate, type s ones definitely are.

did you find an answer about the ball joints? if you find a link to a reasonable priced set for a 5th gen i'll do a buy and let you know

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:04 pm

@NafemanNathan

nafeman loves it up him

states here they are 35mm rear uppers!

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:11 pm

Yeah the rear uppers are definitely 33mm according to Rich.

I got a set of rear upper balls and all the droplinks from Langdon in the end. I'd got all the other ball joints from him for the 4th, which I'll be using on the 5th and they all look to be good quality. The droplinks to... Though obviously I got 5th gen ones this time.

And the 5th gen front droplinks are fractionally smaller than the 4th gen ones in every aspect.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:15 pm

how did you contact langdon? i thought the front the drop links were completely different tbh

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:22 pm

I've got his email (lammy426@sky.com) or he's on eBay, just search by price and he's normally the cheapest.

5th gen front droplinks and about 90-95% the size of 4th gen ones.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:27 pm

is his username langdon 4x4 on ebay?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:01 pm

Yup, with a pic of a skyline rear end