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WOW the difference between a arms; awesome pointers from the forum
Topic Started: May 19 2015, 06:25 PM (2,217 Views)
lilbuddy
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So here I am cruising the forums,and I run across the difference between 89-94 , and 95-00. A half inch. Well a couple things I noticed when I ordered my "correct" a arms from a seller on Amazon, I ordered them a couple months ago and did cvs and struts. By the time I installed them two weeks ago I noticed my toe was way out and my caster/camber was way off . I adjusted the toe out as far as I could,still not enough, I rode the car till I got my sonar on Saturday was able to swap a arms and wow ,like a new car. Since then I've been arguing with the Amazon seller, tough luck they said it was the correct part,32 emails later still no ground gained, I'd like to thank this group of geoites for all the help. I love my geopets
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Tubablake
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Leave bad feedback and send a complaint to Amazon.
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t3ragtop
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker

some online merchants just have their heads up their asses. they go by data sheets that may not be correct.

some of these cats don't even know that there is a difference between the model years.

if you paid by paypal or a credit card you can use that service to force the merchant to make things right. dispute the payment and reverse the charges if you are within the time frame where you can do it. ;)
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lilbuddy
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Amazon's a to z return policy has expired. I'm talking with Chase now,they said it might be slim since I took this long, bad reviews on Amazon ,mean emails, and try to sell them is probably all that's left. Shoulda went to AutoZone ,ha
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MR Bill
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Ask if a member wants to buy the control arms.
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MR Bill
May 20 2015, 06:02 AM
Ask if a member wants to buy the control arms.
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offer free shipping because there GMF members you may gain a friend for life
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lilbuddy
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Probably will end up doing that, but I'm going to keep harassing this guy for a week
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nwgeo


Same thing recently happened to me the A arms were from RockAuto. I ordered the rightones they sent me the newer shorter ones.
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lilbuddy
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Drives me crazy , there asking me to remove my negative review since I ordered the "correct ones" :rocker
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I may be interested, how much are you asking for the control arms?
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jmeyer100
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Had Problems with control arms the last couple of years. The after market ones that sell for cheap fit, but are about a half inch off. When I bought one for $300 a while back. it fit great, the $70 ones, not so much. Will try a genuine Suzuki one next time and see if that works better.
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I stay away from the cheap ones after I had one snap on me a few years back. The inside diameter of the front bushing is larger on the 95 and up cars if it fits loose there its definitely the wrong arm.
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mt999999
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Geo Glenn recommended these ones to me for my XFi, and I was so satisfied with them, I bought another set for my convertible. Not an issue at all, and an amazing value! They fit both of my pre '95's well.

AM Auto Parts Front Control Arms
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lilbuddy
May 20 2015, 04:00 AM
Amazon's a to z return policy has expired. I'm talking with Chase now,they said it might be slim since I took this long, bad reviews on Amazon ,mean emails, and try to sell them is probably all that's left. Shoulda went to AutoZone ,ha
one too many incidents like yours caused me to close my Amazon, ebay and paypal accounts. As a buyer on Amazon or ebay all you can do is order the exact match, direct fit, correct model number part then pray to whatever internet magic you believe in that you get something somewhat useful in the mail.

Buying from Amazon or ebay is just like any TV dinner, looks great on the box, what you get is a steaming turd that kinda sorta looks almost like what you thought you were purchasing.


I do admit that I've had good like with rockauto and newegg so far.
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