Whiteline or SPC replacement bushings for FUCA?

Brendan

It's comical to me that a guy asking for advice on $23 bushings is being told that his control arms that worked well for over 100k miles is told to throw those arms away and buy a set of $1500 race arms.

Rusty

Where did you get the $1,500 from?

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Brendan

You're right z1 has them around 900 shiped, making them only 40x more expensive than a perfectly reasonable solution, not 65x. My bad.

Again, I respect all of you but the blind hate of any non spl product is pretty funny. Not you Rusty, you're super reasonable and nice. I'm referring to the guy on my ignore list who thinks he's doctor Cox from scrubs or something.

JARblue

That doesn't include labor, of course. Which will be more expensive for the bushings. Your bad is right.

OP got 80K miles out of the SPC bushings. Regardless of how well that served him or not, that is just pathetic and evidence of the low quality of the part. Especially when you consider that he DOESN'T TRACK!

Add the cost of SPC arms plus install plus bushing replacement plus labor and you're looking at the cost of SPL arms. (I got mine used for $500 btw). Not to mention the convenience of much easier and more extensive adjustment options that SPL offers. So please explain again how SPL is not worth it

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litesky

Yeah, most folks here have good intention and its no secret that the SPL is the gold standard: i'm not oblivious to this. Some folks dedicate their whole heart and effort in getting the best and this is their testimony, I get that. I appreciate all the inputs!

Rusty's last point about fudging numbers does hit home for me and has probably been the most eye opening answer. Before researching the different brands I had a very naïve understanding of control arms but as I research more, it does make sense why the ability to easily configure the settings without having to remove the arms is important to the alignment folks.

Not saying West End would skimp out on the quality of work just because I purchased something inferior compared to SPL(Chris and Darin are amazing) but I do think going SPL would benefit me as an end user when it comes to actual numbers and alignment costs down the road.

Though, I am still curious if anyone has ever had any experience with quality when it comes to bushings between SPC and Whiteline. SPC bushings is $23 per while Whitelines are slightly cheaper. My guess is performance between the two is negligible. If I go with updating bushings, it'll likely be SPC to guarantee the fit at this point.