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Old 10-27-2020, 07:46 PM
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After finishing my rear suspension and now moving on to the front I've noticed aftermarket companies pick and choose which parts to offer. It's impossible to buy only one company to outfit the whole suspension. So far it has been an easy choice of which brand I prefer ( I won't name them in fear of starting tangents on this thread). Although I'm sure we can all agree Lemforder is a safe bet but it's not available. I want to get input on the highest quality choice because some brands are better at specific parts, and some have gotten better or worse over the years. These are the brands available for the front, upper control arms. Price is not an issue within these choices. Feel free to let me know which brand to stay away from or if there is another brand I don't know about. Thanks.

Mevotech
BeckArnley
Delphi
Eurospare
URO

 
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I got the Mevotech ones and they have been holding up fine.

If OEM control arms set the bar at about 50k miles, then i'm comfortable with any aftermarket ones at that point.

 
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Old 10-28-2020, 03:37 AM
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The manufacturer of the OE Jaguar suspension arms/wishbones is LEMFÖRDER, part of the ZF group who also manufacture for other Eurpean prestige marques. There may be other aftermarket sources separately manufacturing XK suspension components in the USA but in the UK, the aftermarket parts are LEMFÖRDER, regardless of what it says on the box. Only difference is the cost.

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Ok then Mevotech it is. I can get them for a little over $100 each. Amazing.
 
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Ok then Mevotech it is. I can get them for a little over $100 each. Amazing.
Although I can’t speak specifically to the control arms, I did install the Mevotech rear stabilizer links on my car recently. Quality is fine and they work as expected at a good price.
Please post your experience with their control arms.
 
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Bump.
2013 xkrS

Cant for the life of me find a US source of the lower control arm (banana arm).

plenty of other components, just not that one.
 
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Let me see what I can dig up as far as what I purchased. Its been about 3 years of hard driving since I replaced every suspension part with a handful of different brands. Everything has held up fine. Hard driving but only a couple thousand miles a year.
 
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Just to make sure this is the




 

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