Well I am in the process of replacing parts on the front end. My plans were to keep all I can, replace all bushings with poly and paint everything. Well I sandblasted my control arms this weekend and come to find out, one of my lower control arms is bent and one of my upper control arms is stripped where the bushing threads into it. So I am going to replace all four. Where can I get good quality control arms with poly bushings in them? I would like to stick with stock style arms. Oh and another question. What is a good cleaner that removes grease and oil...say from the engine bay and chassis?

 

http://www.opentrackerracingproducts.com/ stock style (look) but with improvement, i wish i could afford the road racing arms

 

any good engine degreaser works well. get some at any auto parts

 

Upper arms don't use rubber or poly bushings.

Lower arms do have rubber, but I prefer to eliminate them and use a sperical bearing.
Far superior in design but do carry a rather large price tag unfortunately.

I agree with paddy187 that Opentracker is a great place to pick up suspension parts, especially if you're looking for quality parts.
I know they sell stock and performance suspension parts.

Simple Green is a good general use cleaner. If its really nasty stuff, buy engine degreaser.

 

+1 on the simple green.

I recently purchased upper and lower arms from Laurel Mountain Mustang. They seem to be good quality and there service is very good. I first had the same intentions as you, but also found out (unfortunately after wasting my time stripping the arms) that the upper control arm bushing holes were shot. Anyway, LLM took back the shafts no hassle and gave me a good price on the arms. They are not poly bushings though, they are midolene. Supposed to be stronger than rubber, but w/o the squeek associated with poly. I too wish I had the money for the open tracker stuff. Looks real good and I have read nothing but positve things about the porducts, as well as the owner.

Good luck

 

I bought my kit which included the arms from LLM aswell and they are great. Good prices, material, and service...

 

Automotive grade Simple Green is fine for light oil and grease, but for the heavy stuff, get some Gunk. Not the foam type either.

 

Soaring, I was going to suggest gunk but was unsure that it was sold in the us that stuff is great used it on oil spills on folks new tarmac and they are still none the wiser!!!!

 

I bought my upper arms from a local guy and I'm not sure wher he got them; so; I can't help you there (but they are nice quality). For real caked on dirt and grease, I found that some marine degreaser that I bought from POR15 works much better than the stuff you buy in a can. For one thing I can make a dilute solution in a small tub and just toss the smaller parts in there to soak as I pull them off. It also seems to work better than Engine Brite, Gunk, etc. when sprayed on the engine, rear axle, etc. I imagine you could find it locally. I'm almost out and plan to hit the marine supply stores soon. Another guess, I'm betting that it is a strong base like sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, based on the reaction with your skin if you get some on you. I might try mixing some myself from scratch, though I wouldn't recommend this. I also second Simple Green as a good cleaner for light oil/grease. I've used it for some final touchup following the marine degreaser or Gunk or for cleaning previously clean parts.

 

i dont like the stamped steel ones im gonna use tublar ones