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what brand upper control arm to buy #1716045 12/26/14 11:35 PM 12/26/14 11:35 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 474 Louisiana D duckblind OP mopar
duckblind OP mopar D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 474 Louisiana	I am about to rebuild the front suspension on my 68 charger and am trying to find upper control arms. I want to go with OEM stle. Any suggestions on what brand to buy and where? Thanks.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716046 12/26/14 11:38 PM 12/26/14 11:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	If you want OEM style ones, why not just rebuild the ones on the car, or just use any used one, add some new bushings and ball joint and you would be good to go. Moog parts seem to be better amoungst what you can get now a days.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716047 12/26/14 11:43 PM 12/26/14 11:43 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086 moparpollack Lil Herman
moparpollack Lil Herman Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086	My guess is A the ball joints are stripped, B the car has aftermarket a arms' or C there are people selling new a arms complete with bushings and ball joints on eBay. Maybe we will get the answer soon. 56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: OzHemi] #1716048 12/26/14 11:44 PM 12/26/14 11:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 474 Louisiana D duckblind OP mopar
duckblind OP mopar D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 474 Louisiana	Was thinking about rebuilding mine but thought the metal may be fatigued.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716049 12/26/14 11:50 PM 12/26/14 11:50 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086 moparpollack Lil Herman
moparpollack Lil Herman Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086	From my experience if the ball joint will unscrew they are fine. The problem I have seen are radius rods that are bent and worn out pivots on the lower arm. 56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: moparpollack] #1716050 12/26/14 11:59 PM 12/26/14 11:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	I've never had an issue with rebuilding the original upper arms.. (As you said, unless the ball joint threads were chewed up I could see replacing them with another old set.) I rather rebuilt some old arms, versus the new oe style, would-have-to-come-from-china-I-guess ones.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716051 12/27/14 12:03 AM 12/27/14 12:03 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	Quote: I am about to rebuild the front suspension on my 68 charger and am trying to find upper control arms. I want to go with OEM stle. Any suggestions on what brand to buy and where? Thanks. I know you said OEM style...But IMO you would be very happy with Firm Feel upper control arms because of the added positive caster that they provide. That's my recommendation. I will never put a OEM arm back on ever again after running FF arms.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: OzHemi] #1716052 12/27/14 12:05 AM 12/27/14 12:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086 moparpollack Lil Herman
moparpollack Lil Herman Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 15,119 85086	Lucky you, sometimes you get a problem child where the ball joint won't tighten up. You can spot weld them in but it will be the last time. 56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: moparpollack] #1716053 12/27/14 12:08 AM 12/27/14 12:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Quote: Lucky you, sometimes you get a problem child where the ball joint won't tighten up. You can spot weld them in but it will be the last time. Never had a problem with one Maybe it's the rust?

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716054 12/27/14 12:11 AM 12/27/14 12:11 AM
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RSNOMO Moparts Torchbearer R Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 18,880 -	Unless there is physical damage, blast 'em(if need be), re-bush and ball-joint 'em, and call it good... Got 43+ years going on a set of re-worked OEM uppers, and lowers... They're doing fine... (And go urethane)...

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716055 12/27/14 02:28 AM 12/27/14 02:28 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,471 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,471 So Cal	Quote: Was thinking about rebuilding mine but thought the metal may be fatigued. I'd trust the 43 year old stock ones over the new made-in-god-knows-where upper control arms with the no name (cheap as possible) bushings and ball joints installed. Last edited by autoxcuda; 12/27/14 05:11 AM.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: autoxcuda] #1716056 12/27/14 02:36 AM 12/27/14 02:36 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,570 San Francisco Ca SCATPK master
SCATPK master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,570 San Francisco Ca	My gtx has the stock upper control arms with the offset bushings and other suspension mods and car handles and works well. I have a friend with a challenger with aftermarket upper and lower arms and thinks his car is the cats meow. Everytime we go out and play on our twisty backroads he is see nothing but my tail lights. Aftermarket arms are not needed and the stock pieces will work well as long as they are not bent or stripped.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: duckblind] #1716057 12/27/14 02:42 AM 12/27/14 02:42 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 220 Aurora, CO jbeintherockies enthusiast
jbeintherockies enthusiast Joined: May 2011 Posts: 220 Aurora, CO	Mancini sells these reproduction factory uppers with everything you need for $180: http://www.manciniracing.com/mbmupcoarmse.html rock auto has them for $142: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=5490240&cc=1078826 If you do it yourself, you need to buy the tool to remove the upper ball joint and I think you need a tool to remove the upper control arm (UCA) bushings. Then you need new ball joints ($20x2) and new UCA bushings ($25x2 if offset bushings), new eccentric bolts, and I think that's it. If I'm missing something or have the moog offset bushings wrong, someone will hopefully correct me. Me, I bought these jammy-jams: http://www.manciniracing.com/bebofuadupco.html They provide more adjustments than I will ever need. Last edited by jbeintherockies; 12/27/14 03:16 AM.

Re: what brand upper control arm to buy [Re: jbeintherockies] #1716058 12/27/14 10:02 AM 12/27/14 10:02 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,744 Florida BDW master
BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,744 Florida	Quote: Mancini sells these reproduction factory uppers with everything you need for $180: http://www.manciniracing.com/mbmupcoarmse.html rock auto has them for $142: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=5490240&cc=1078826 If you do it yourself, you need to buy the tool to remove the upper ball joint and I think you need a tool to remove the upper control arm (UCA) bushings. Then you need new ball joints ($20x2) and new UCA bushings ($25x2 if offset bushings), new eccentric bolts, and I think that's it. If I'm missing something or have the moog offset bushings wrong, someone will hopefully correct me. Me, I bought these jammy-jams: http://www.manciniracing.com/bebofuadupco.html They provide more adjustments than I will ever need. Great info, this is why I bought aftermarket. Once you add up the cost of the parts & tools and labor (I don't have press), it's a wash.

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