Rear upper control arms.

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:40 am

Ok so I'm going to change them on my bb4. Am I right thinking I should get 5th gen ones as the are compatible right? Thanks in advance guys

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:44 am

Yeah 5th gen ones are compatible. 5th gen rear upper arms have a strengthening plate that 4th gen ones do not have.

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:53 am

Great. Also 5th gen lower ball joints fit 4th gen front and rear and also Legends?

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:54 pm

Info in the wiki says as follows (courtesy of Performance Autoworks)

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post15608.html#p15608

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:41 pm

Any idea where I can get some from?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:15 am

I have some 4th gen polybushed rear upper arms with replacement ball joints fitted or 5th gen strengthened rear upper arms - can get you some pics if needed. Ive also got some aftermarket lower ball joints for 4th gen.

you can buy replacement new arms 4th and 5th gen on ebay but they are expensive - fronts are fairly cheap in comparison.

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:30 am

Yeah I've got a pair of Blueprint for the front and just looking for the rears. New drop links all round and 4 new lower baljoints. I've got a full poly bush kit on order.

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:06 am

cheapest ive seen 4th gen rear arms for is around £100 ea and 5th gen strengthend ones are a bit more.....
let me know if your interested in the 5th gen ones i have here

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:48 am

Cheers Vanzep but I have a 5th gen I can get them off if I don't buy new. I bought new front ones. Could I of rebushed the old ones?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:15 am

Yes you can rebush them fairly easy either with 2nd hand good bushes - just unbolt and refit or polybush them if you want- you will have to cut out the old bushes and push in the new poly ones.
There is some info in the wiki on polybushing