Installed these this morning\afternoon:
https://www.cjponyparts.com/ford-racing-front-lower-control-arms-2005-2010/p/M3075E/
Had been noticing lately that the front end of my '09 GlassRoof had started to give a little shimmy thru the steering wheel momentarily when rolling over rough patches of road & sometimes on initial application of brakes but then would quit shortly afterwards while brakes were still engaged. I knew that I had already replaced everything on the front end (new brake pads\turned rotors, new Koni SRT ST struts\shocks...the orange non-adjustables, new tie-rod ends (outers only...inners checked out as good at the time) & new Ford Performance 07-09 GT500 upper strut mount upgrade kit) within 1 yr after I bought it so the only front suspension parts installed that were still original to the car were the 2 OEM front lower control arms, 2 OEM inner tie rod ends & 2 OEM front springs. Figured the rear big bushings on the 2 OEM front lower control arms had started giving way on the back side.....and I've wanted to eventually upgrade to these 07-09 GT500 FLCA's anyway for some time so I ordered a set some 4 weeks back but just now got around to installing them (went OOT to Denver, CO....drove up in the '09 MKS w\ all the necessary COVID-19 kit in hand....to take the wife to get a 2nd opinion on her Rt foot's big toe....been operated on several times but keeps rejecting the hardware put in to immobilize it to allow the new bone put in her toe joint to fuse causing a lot of pain while walking & while there attended her younger son's 48th birthday party...he's a dentist so he has a COVID-19 routine he uses at home as well as at his practice to help prevent COVID-19 infections\spread.....then put ourselves thru the std 14 day quarantine adopting my stepson's COVID routine once we got back home in NM....all went well & all came back negative so we good but I got a little lazy during this time as well....too damn hot outside).
Got all installed (made right call as both inner tie rods still checked out good & found the big rear bushings on both OEM FLCA's had started splitting away from the inner steel sleeve on the back side closest to the unibody & I slotted the 2 outer holes in the K-member while I had the FLCA's out so that caster can now be set on both sides...had already installed a set of Ford Performance Caster bolts in the inner K-member holes for the rear FLCA bushing that are already slotted ahead of time) then reset caster back to where I had marked the inner caster eccentric alignment position prior removal. Got both FLCA pivot bushing bolts out w\o having to move the rack (followed CJ Pony Parts Bill Tumas's installation procedure video but I also removed the tie rods from the spindle to get that extra bit of downward\away movement along w\ fully collasping the inner tie rod boots to clear the front pivot bolt head after running the inner tie rod joints in towards rack housing fully then reversed all after getting the bolt back in & threaded up thru the new FLCA's front pivot bushing) then tightened\torqued all back up fully except the FLCA's front pivot bushing as these are tightened once the front end is loaded (inner bushing sleeve is serrated on both sides so is designed to bite into the K-member) to center it so this was done last.
Put car on the ground & test drove after putting all tools up & clean up.....front end is solid now w\ no shimmying regardless.....I now wish that I had done these sooner as this front end is
tight, smooth & quiet & alignment is still good as now it will recenter itself to within 1\2 T of center on it's own & steering wheel will stay straight & car maintains straight tracking w\ hands off steering wheel once steering wheel is centered (running 255\40\18's up front on Ford Performance SVT 07-09 GT500 OEM 18" x 9.5" wheels) but I'm gonna get her put on the rack again anyway for a check up once I get ahold of a 1\2" reamer so that I can properly slot out the lower strut mounting holes (ream both sides at the same time to maintain hole alignment) so that camber can be set (I have Ford Performance Camber bolts installed as well....P side is already slotted as some camber adjustment was needed to bring back into spec but the D side isn't as all else was still in spec when I had her aligned after all the other items mentioned above were installed prior so Ford dealer didn't touch it but I installed the D side camber bolt along w\ both caster bolts afterwards anyway so they would be there when needed).
Excellent replacement part & recommend to use this M-3075-E kit to replace FLCA's on any 05-09 V6\GT..........
In the process I also had ordered the Lisle 46800 inner tie rod removal\installer master tool set along w\ a pair of Lisle inner tie rod boot clamp pliers bout 6 weeks back to get ahead of the game since I own 3 vehicles that use power assisted rack & pinion steering & the miles are racking up on all of them. Already had to use the pliers on the '09 MKS 1st part of July to replace a bad rt inner tie rod boot (not the right boot for this rack....was busted at the rack mounting end as well, found while I replaced the rt FLCA due to finding a busted rear bushing...lft FLCA checked out good...also replaced both outer tie rod ends (found 1 outer had gone bad but both inner tie rods checked out good), after wife reported front end had started shaking while braking but pads\rotors checked out good then got it realigned after all repairs done......
Good timing.....................