custom control arms,need an opinion

[Marcus SC&C]

The PPR arms are welded BUT the steel brackets aren`t just butted against the bushing sleeve and welded on. The bracket *wraps all the way around* the sleeve. The welds really just keep them from sliding off the ends,well they add to the strength too but the real strength is in the design and not dependant upon the welds alone. Scott`s Hot Rods makes a line of street rod UCAs that use machined billet stainless units like you`re describing although I`m pretty sure they won`t work for your application. Their male and female are opposite of what yours are,like the PPR UCAs are. As long as the welds on yours are sound (and the rest of the arms that we can`t see in the pics are okay) I think you`ll probably be fine. Marcus SC&C