Tubular A arms

[firebirdzig]

Thanks for all the replies! So I was looking at the CPP website and most of their prices seems to be on par with everyone else. It says that their products are made in the USA. Are they actually made in China and have inferior parts or have people just been scorned by their service?

[Rod]

Thanks for all the replies! So I was looking at the CPP website and most of their prices seems to be on par with everyone else. It says that their products are made in the USA. Are they actually made in China and have inferior parts or have people just been scorned by their service?

I dont know???

but my question is why do you want tube arms?...if its for performance, then dont look at price look at the specifications..look at the quality of bushings, quality ball joints, caster gain, ball joint angles redesigned for lowered vehicles, is it compatible with your other suspension choices(like coil-overs, tru-turn, ATS spindle, brakes, whatever) find what fits all your suspension needs and get that

on a side note, I purchased some eBay arms, and test ran them for a month, in the real world of autocross and daily use (and I beat the **** outta my stuff) the balljoints SUCKED the lowers were near failure after a month, and the lower arms had what looked like small fractures near the bushings after bead blasting the powder coating off

[Nicks67GTO]

Does it matter? A company that is willing to sell inferior parts from China as an "econo line" or "budget brand" has no place on my American muscle car even with the their American made parts. I have even started researching the companies that twist things around and have their parts cast overseas and then machine them here. Although that does employ some Americans, there could be more. A common excuse is that there is nobody that will cast the parts in relatively small quantities here. Does anyone know why that is? I have a good idea...

This is one of the things that attracted me to the Billet Specialties Mag wheels. According to them 100% cast and machined, made in America. Finding anything actually cast in America is pretty difficult.

[Carl @ Chassisworks]

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