Recent content by 2006GTVERT

Yup exactly what I was talking about. I agree.

Thanks guys for making me feel better about these things. Seeing that crazy welding and having had them come from Amazon wigged me out. I'm still shocked that's how Ford builds them, but ok on the car they go.

Well I guess I'll find out when I get the arms from LMR. If they look the same maybe I'll just run them. Just crazy that's how those things are built. It really threw me off. I almost don't trust them but it there are that many out there I guess they'll be ok.

Thank you! lol. I do agree they are probably fine; I for sure trust Ford Performance. I was unaware that the 11-14 arms looked this way. I bought them off Amazon and their picture did not match the actual arms I got, so when I saw this craziness, I was like ok here we go lol.

I wasn't thinking it would break, just bend/deflect. But fair enough. I suppose most of the weight is supported by the spindle as you are saying. Either way I'm not running them. They were sent back.

Not really projecting an opinion without basis and my opinion is they are not fine, but hey it's an opinion and that doesn't make anything fact. My basis was that there is no support for the ball joint as stated above, just flat metal. Also the weld spot does nothing for stiffness. The added...

Well that's interesting. So I have the wrong arm. Not saying you're wrong about the weld, but I'm not sure id want that arm on anything. There's no support for the ball joint. Granted it's thick metal but yikes. Thanks for posting up. Guess that solved my mystery.

Thanks. Sounds like the same nightmare I went through doing my upper control arm bushing on the rear end. I've got a press, so I'll probably go that route if I can't get legit Ford GT500 arms. I'm hoping LMR comes though though. I've always had good experiences with those guys (shouldn't jinx it...

On a side note, where did you get the bushings for your factory GT arm? Did you rebuild them yourself? How much of a PITA was it? Just in case these ones from LMR show up looking the same as these paper weights I have now.

Exactly what I thought. It looks like others have these shown in pictures on American Muscle. I got mine off Amazon and the seller even responded with "what on earth are you talking about" when I left a review about how dangerous those arms are to warn others. There's no support at the ball...

Hey all, I've got a 2006 GT I want to do the GT500 control arm upgrade to. I bought some arms and was kind of shocked as to what I saw. But I'm seeing pictures of these arms other places too. I cannot believe these are true Ford Performance parts based on what I see. It looks like someone hacked...