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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Well here is the deal. I am rebuilding my A arms, new poly bushings, and ball joints. I got done grinding off the ball joints, and burning out the old rubber, media blased them, and repainted them. I made the mistake of then leaving my shop to go into town. My dad decided to help me out by pressing in the new bushings for me. He ended up destroying one of the a arms. Not that i mind when he helps, sometimes he just gets a bit too excited

I am wondering where to find one (left i believe) un-rebuild a arm. Most places i have seen (ecklers) only offer the A arms with new ball joints and bushings, i allready have all that, just need the arm. thanks for the help,
-Steve
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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Try Van Steel and Zip. I remember seeing bare lower arms somewhere when I was trying to estimate pricing for the pair that I sold a while back.



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Call one of the Corvette breakers. I bet Gary Gruhala has a few laying around.
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I have bare arms here but they are already powder coated gloss black.
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I'll be putting the Van Steel kit on my car in about a month or two, if you aren't in a hurry I'll give you one of my arms when they come off if it will help.
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