Rear Upper Arms - Improved part now test-fitted to a car! Not long now...
 

UPDATE: You can now order these here: https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/products/com...4962-rgg104972

Big news day - we've had an engineering sample of our revised Rear Upper Arms (RGG104962 / RGG104972) fitted to a car today, and they're absolutely spot on.

We've intentionally been keeping a bit of a lid on this until we had confirmation they were as good as we'd hoped - we can finally reveal a bit more about these, and how they'll be 'the best thing sliced bread' when it comes to this troublesome part.

In the end we had to have our own tooling made for these at huge cost - meaning these will be exclusive to us and we'll be in control to fine-tune things as time goes on.
The main differences between these and the parts already out there is improved drainage and a full inside-and-out coating - meaning water will drain away more quickly, they'll be less prone to filling with mud and should last many, many years.

Pre-orders will open on the 14th December and pricing will also be confirmed on this date - let's just say it'll be incredibly competitive and exactly what our cars need to keep serving us well.
Delivery is expected in January / February; we'll keep this post updated with any ETA changes.

You can view the listing for them here, we'll update both the listing and this post with more information as time goes on: Coming Soon - Rear Upper Arms (OEM-Q)

In the mean time, a couple of sneaky pictures:

https://i.ibb.co/Jyg1YPZ/126816547-2...59384947-n.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/98C64y8/127187573-1...369305-n-1.jpg

Looking good, with the coating and some additional waxoil/Dinitrol etc they should outlive most cars I'd have thought. Great work.

Thank you - of course if members wish to fill / coat them it won't affect warranty etc (not that it should be needed).
It's been a heck of a journey, but light at the end of the tunnel at last!

Have you used thicker steel Matt or are they the same wall thickness as the originals?

Just read the email from DMGRS and this turns up - needless to say put me down for a pair!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same as the originals, a slightly better grade in terms of corrosion resistance from what I understand (but largely the same).
There would be a lot more to consider if we changed the thickness - mounting points, impact resistance (we'd rather the arm folded in an impact, saving the chassis / subframe) so the decision was made not to change this.

The project was managed by us but placed in the hands of an OE supplier to complete, and they were keen to stick to the original thickness too.

will be watching out for a price.
What are your plans for these long term, if people don't order now but need some in 12 months are you going to have them in stock? I assume you will need to place a bulk order each time to get a decent price.

If they are as good as you say, well done for taking the time and financial risk

macafee2

The good news is we're going to do everything we can to keep these in stock at all times - to be honest, we have no idea how quickly they'll sell at first but will react quickly to sales volume in terms of re-ordering.

Part of the reason I'm still here (I sometimes forget to sign off my messages, but it's Mat here) is to keep an eye on things like this - there's nothing worse than not knowing if something you're after is going to go out of stock.
My aim is to have at least 200 of these (100 pairs) in stock at all times, so I wouldn't worry too much.

To give an idea of volume, we have 500 pairs arriving with us in the first batch, with subsequent batches taking 2-3 months to build and arriving in lots of 200 pairs. This should make it fairly easy to keep on top of demand, supplier limitations permitting.

Thanks again for your support everyone - keep an eye out on the 14th, as all being well we'll be opening pre-orders and confirming pricing.
I'm hoping members will be pleasantly surprised by the pricing we're aiming for; we've cut margin to the bone to try and get the improved part 'out there' as quickly as possible.

Well done! Can appreciate how much work and time getting something like this done takes. top job :)

Excellent Work
 

Matt & Scott.
Excellent work and all on our behalf hats off to you both, :bowdown: i will be following this with great interest, and may well purchase a set for the shelf, thank you Arctic.