Today I fitted a pair of these on the inner front lower control arms.
Pretty straightforward to fit. Jack up a bit keeping wheels 'just'on the ground, place safety stands, Loosen 2 bolts, nut and secondary bracket. Lever arm to reduce tension and slide off. A a wipe of grease on shaft on install to stop corrosion. Tighten up TIGHT ;)
Can be even easier to fit on a hoist at your next service. Should take about 15 mins.
They have a harder Duro and a bit more rubber fill than 2nd Gen IS_X brackets so locate the arm better when under dynamic loads.
There are Poly ones available from Super Pro locally and FIGS etc in the USA but I wanted the quietness and no maintenance option.
1st driving opinions with just over 200k's today, both freeway and secondary bitumen roads.
Car drives straighter with less constant wheel corrections needed on the freeway.
Small movement of the steering wheel now transfers to movement at the road wheel. (less freeplay effect)
Coming up to intersections under hard braking the tram-lining from wear indentations was negligible :)
Overall the car tracks like it should of. I also have the inertia damper in the steering wheel that changed the feel but could not control the movement of poor resilient bushes.
There does not appear to be any more noise and I think only a small perception of more road roughness feel at the steering wheel.
I have a 2008 IS350. Any idea if these would fit my vehicle? Because I received an email about my order mentioning that they're for the GSF and not the IS350 and that the parts are non-refundable.
Front Lower Control Arm Brackets
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I have a 2008 IS350. Any idea if these would fit my vehicle? Because I received an email about my order mentioning that they're for the GSF and not the IS350 and that the parts are non-refundable.