control arm broke and oil pan destroyed

[Jean]

OP- What size rims/tires are on your car? What suspension?

Since you said you were in the middle of a turn, was there a bump/dip on the road or anything before it broke?

[moatilliatta]

2 people so far had this problem from ebay arms in this thread. Most likely they are both made from the same sweat shoppe.

Id defiantly contact fcp groton. Im sure even more people has had this problem. Ive been so close in buying their front end kit. Im sure if you find enough people you have a legit lawsuit. Im not implying on suing them, but maybe a little scare to make them sell a quality part.

[reelizmpro]

No, he said it was aftermarket from FCP Groton on Ebay. Goya, do you know if they are Karlyn brand or ???

[ethree]

Is the real deal control arm (OEM, Quality), not just some ebay shit?

Huh?

[Leaf]

Thats really disturbing. Is the real deal control arm (OEM, Quality), not just some ebay shit?

[Aptyp]

was your car lowered too far? I don't see how this can happen from an impact. Take a pic of the cross section where break occurred.

[delatlanta1281]

oh snap!
;)

[BDK]

Turner has them (Lemforder) for sale as well for $96 each....fyi

[atomic]

I have a buddy who had a CA break on him. IIRC it was a mayle brand he bought off of ebay new. It broke completely through at the inner ball joint. The break caused him to have zero steering input and immediately ran off the side of the road @ 40mph and hit a telephone pole dead center on the right frame rail totaling his car.

I will see if he still has any pictures of the one that broke on him...

Thats in almost the same place as where my buddies broke on him...


:crazy:

[Yakinho]

That's scary.

[ethree]

Can you get a tight close-up in the break itself? There must be a defect.

[Goya20]

control arm

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[Goya20]

Pictures

finally i got the car back on the road. the oil pan


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[Jean]

I PM'd him when i bumped this... i dont think he's been around

if the man says it broke, then it probably broke, why lie. but I want to see where and how.
I bought an e30 a few years back that was FUCKED. guy said an arm broke on him while he was on the highway and well i dont know really happened. But when i pulled the interior, i found that it was infact TWO different cars, joined right through the middle of the cabin. what a mess. delphin front with a black back.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

[guibo09]

I have a buddy who had a CA break on him. IIRC it was a mayle brand he bought off of ebay new. It broke completely through at the inner ball joint. The break caused him to have zero steering input and immediately ran off the side of the road @ 40mph and hit a telephone pole dead center on the right frame rail totaling his car.

I will see if he still has any pictures of the one that broke on him...

dam! thats why im sticking with leomforder!