Is it possible to buy new front control arms without bushes?

[Jack25]

Hi all,

I'm replacing my front control arms and want to poly bush the new ones. All the new ones I've seen on ebay come with the bushings - it seems a bit pointless to buy new ones with bushings only to burn them out immediately.

Is there anywhere I can get the control arms with just the ball joint and no bushings?

[brockzila]

Or

Can you just buy ball joints and press them in to the old arms.

[ZenderE21]

Hi all,

Just revisiting this, I have done some googling an ebaying for a pair of new LCA for my e21. Australia doesnt seem to have any of these nor anyone make the bushes/ball joints.

Has anyone got a source for europe or US that is reliable?

Cheers, Ash

[Jeroen]

This is a huge business in Germany I order a lot of parts from, and if you choose the Febi-Bilstein ones you get affordable quality

https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/bmw/3-e21 ... agonal-arm

I see that shipping to Australia isn't cheap but if you put in a larger order (they really supply loads and loads of parts) it may still be worth while

[ZenderE21]

Updating this, found these guys through a bloke I know who races an e21 in Australia. These guys are US based and to me anyway appear very reasonable pricing.

Eurometric
http://eurometric.com/?page_id=69#!/Sus ... ort=normal

[Jeroen]

At the top of the For Sale section there's a Suppliers List, also mentioned just a few lines above this thread in the sticky "All pls read: where can I find... (parts/services)" and Eurometric have been in there for ages. Trustworthy source.