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Saw this post on Facebook today, not my post but holy cow,I can't believe a business would let stuff like this go out the door! I hope the buyer sent it back?
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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18wj3GFHEQ/

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Here’s a link you can click on Pablo.

But thats crazy! Mine from two years ago look nothing like that.


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Originally Posted by Piersonpie
Here’s a link you can click on Pablo.

But thats crazy! Mine from two years ago look nothing like that.

thanks for adding that link, I sent it from my phone so I wasn't sure it would work!
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Here's a screenshot. If the item is as described, I'll scratch that company off the list, too. Can't anyone make anything of quality anymore?

At least low-arch composite springs don't have any welds...

EDIT: I gotta wonder if the Facebook poster got a counterfeit set off of eBay, or if he faked this with toothpaste and black paint for engagement farming. There's no way this is real, is there?


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Looks like the quality welds GM provided us with for decades
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Maybe they sent you the set for that was a turnaround for another customer?
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I have purchased two sets of trailing arms from them over the years as well as other items that all had very good welds.

They have also custom made some parts for me and it has all been top quality

Before someone posting this on Facebook why would you not contact the supplier and find out what has happened.

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That is wild! I purchased some offset arms a few months ago from vansteel and the welds looked nothing like that. It could be bullshit though....it is on facebook after all.
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This post kept me thinking so I went and took a close up of mine in that same area.




Wiped off the seam for clarity

There is no weld in that area. I believe the whole trailing arm is cast as one piece. Either someone thought the already much stronger than stock arms still weren’t enough, or someone intentionally put bad welds on it to get a rise out of people on the internet. Regardless, that’s not how they’re supposed to look.
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