Lower control arms

Without spending a fortune, any brand suggestions for lower control arms? I have SPC adjustable upper control arms already.
Thank you
Britt

 

I wouldn’t bother unless you’re going with dual shock or LT.

 

Thanks Christian,
Let me clarify though, I have to get lower control arms, my driver side went bad. I have had a difficult time with my runner after lifting and getting bigger tires and new wheels. Now I got a new diagnostic that my lower control arm needs replaced. Can you give a suggestion on a reliable brand?

 

This is the way.

OP unless you are changing suspension geometry significantly (long travel), finding an OEM LCA from a junkyard is your best bet.

Finding out why your stock LCA went bad should be high on your to-do list. I'm at 100k lifted with stock LCA's and they look fine.

 

I feel like one repair is leading to another. I have less than 37K miles on my 2018 4Runner limited. I bought it used two years ago with 10K miles on it at the time. Heeeelp!

 

factory toyota lca is a very stout piece. i can’t see anything going wrong with it other than failing bushings (which can be replaced). any other type of failure would be catastrophe type events.

 

I was told by my service advisor that when UCA or LCA’s arms go bad (worn bushings) Toyota replaces the whole arm. Very pricey. If yours wore out at that low of mileage, my guess is they were subjected to abnormal abuse.

I put almost 300k on my stock Tacoma and never had a failure of the ball joints, UCA or LCA. Just one driver side wheel bearing.

 

Could be seized cam bolts preventing an alignment from being done. .

I anticipate having that issue with mine, despite bushings being ok.

 

What exactly is the issue with it?

Are they having trouble aligning it? If you live in an area that has a lot of wet weather and uses road salt, it's possible that the bolts used to align it are rusted solid.

In that case I would just go with a replacement arm from Toyota.

 

In regards to weather, I bought it when I lived in Santa Cruz, and now I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have called on my warranty and they said the power train is the only thing covered under my extended warranty. The issue is a inconsistent knocking noise when I turn or am at an incline.

 

That sounds like it could be the upper control arm. I recall seeing some posts talking about them making noise, perhaps because of the adjustable plates shifting, but dont quote me. You might want to research here on the forums about that particular problem on those UCA to see if that matches what the noises you have.

A lower control arm can also make clunking noises of the bolts were not torqued exactly to spec, or if the Lower ball joint is shot. I would think you should be able to feel a bad ball joint by lifting the tire off the ground and pushing in and out on top of the tire.