Murdertalon
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- Jul 7, 2016
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East side,
Washington
I thought I would share this gem of knowledge I picked up today looking for lower control arms at autozone. First they offer lifetime warranty lower control arms NICE!
Second, you should be aware of something. The duralast lower control arms PN's:
FA4077, FA4078
Come from either japan or china. The black ones come from china, the silver ones come from japan (no idea why they are different colors but they are). The build quality is noticeably better on the under stamping of the ball joint for the made in japan ones.
The nice thing is whenever you wear them out within reason you can take them in and exchange them for free for new ones. The down side is I don't know if the future supplier is going to be japan or china. You can probably guess that its going to be china. I almost ended up with one of each had I not inspected them closer than; huh two different colors that's weird. If I end up having to use china ones in the future that's alright as they will still carry a warranty.
Second, you should be aware of something. The duralast lower control arms PN's:
FA4077, FA4078
Come from either japan or china. The black ones come from china, the silver ones come from japan (no idea why they are different colors but they are). The build quality is noticeably better on the under stamping of the ball joint for the made in japan ones.
The nice thing is whenever you wear them out within reason you can take them in and exchange them for free for new ones. The down side is I don't know if the future supplier is going to be japan or china. You can probably guess that its going to be china. I almost ended up with one of each had I not inspected them closer than; huh two different colors that's weird. If I end up having to use china ones in the future that's alright as they will still carry a warranty.