Rear Upper Arms - Page 4

johnnyb44 · 28th April 2024, 20:01

Today I painted mine up ready to be fitted on the 7th of May.If it's dry tomorrow I will waxoyl all the insides.
Hopefully this will keep them in good order for a few years to come.
I I'm entrusting the local garage to do the job, how long should it take to do the pair.

trikey · 28th April 2024, 21:02

I've done a pair on the driveway in an hour and a half!

Everything went perfect though (Actros car)

Normally I would say 2hrs per side if the inner bolt is being a pain.

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johnnyb44 · 29th April 2024, 06:36

Cheers Trikey

johnnyb44 · 7th May 2024, 15:11

All done and sorted today.
I had a look the old ones in the scrap bin at the garage and they weren't a pretty sight.Alot of the top side had disappeared completely leaving gaping holes everywhere.I think another couple months and the suspension would of collapsed.
The mechanic said he was cursing me because I had plastered everything in wax oil which in turn was covering him in it whilst working on the car.He also said if it wasn't for the liberal wax oil the bolts would of been a right battle to remove (swings and roundabouts I suppose)
He said everything came apart quite easily and didn't fight him every way.
It ended up costing £240 which I was happy with.
One thing I immediately noticed is that the rear end of the car is now sitting slightly higher.Over the last few weeks I've been noticing that the rear end was looking ever so slightly lower and was putting it down to my over imagination,but today when I saw it I realised my observations were right

sworks · 12th May 2024, 19:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by biffa75

The tooling for the saic Chinese made arms haven't been destroyed, these arms are still stocked and sold by xpart and the quality imho is top notch having all three versions of arms.

Mine had the XPart hologram sticker on them and I didn’t notice any issues when fitting. The antiroll bar link mount looked ok and the insulator fitted ok but the arms only lasted 7 years and need replaced again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vitesse

All in all, why bother? DMGRS stock upper-arms that they describe as superior to the original Rover ones and correctly made, their aftersales service is exemplary - you will not get that level of service from Xpart (from bitter experience).

Good luck

DMGRS stock one side as class b with some issue including welds out of position, a bolt hole out of alignment etc. I’ve already done this job once so I’d rather not do it three times… I’m waiting to see if DMGRS get better quality right hand arms or I can find some Chinese ones

28th April 2024, 20:01	#31
johnnyb44 I really should get out more....... Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: north wales Posts: 2,715 Thanks: 1,774 Thanked 902 Times in 507 Posts	Today I painted mine up ready to be fitted on the 7th of May.If it's dry tomorrow I will waxoyl all the insides. Hopefully this will keep them in good order for a few years to come. I I'm entrusting the local garage to do the job, how long should it take to do the pair. __________________ Replaced pcv filter, springs, plenum spy hole mod,Bonnet cable divider mod. Wax oiled.Air con recharged. Auto box oil changed , Jules plenum guard fitted .Smoked wind deflectors fitted.S/S Compensator.Club Grill Badge kindly donated by Andyg2011.. Last edited by johnnyb44; 28th April 2024 at 20:03.. Reason: ..

28th April 2024, 21:02	#32
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,802 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	I've done a pair on the driveway in an hour and a half! Everything went perfect though (Actros car) Normally I would say 2hrs per side if the inner bolt is being a pain. Sent from my SM-G780G using Tapatalk __________________ Lest we forget..

29th April 2024, 06:36	#33
johnnyb44 I really should get out more....... Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: north wales Posts: 2,715 Thanks: 1,774 Thanked 902 Times in 507 Posts	Cheers Trikey __________________ Replaced pcv filter, springs, plenum spy hole mod,Bonnet cable divider mod. Wax oiled.Air con recharged. Auto box oil changed , Jules plenum guard fitted .Smoked wind deflectors fitted.S/S Compensator.Club Grill Badge kindly donated by Andyg2011..

7th May 2024, 15:11	#34
johnnyb44 I really should get out more....... Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: north wales Posts: 2,715 Thanks: 1,774 Thanked 902 Times in 507 Posts	All done and sorted today. I had a look the old ones in the scrap bin at the garage and they weren't a pretty sight.Alot of the top side had disappeared completely leaving gaping holes everywhere.I think another couple months and the suspension would of collapsed. The mechanic said he was cursing me because I had plastered everything in wax oil which in turn was covering him in it whilst working on the car.He also said if it wasn't for the liberal wax oil the bolts would of been a right battle to remove (swings and roundabouts I suppose) He said everything came apart quite easily and didn't fight him every way. It ended up costing £240 which I was happy with. One thing I immediately noticed is that the rear end of the car is now sitting slightly higher.Over the last few weeks I've been noticing that the rear end was looking ever so slightly lower and was putting it down to my over imagination,but today when I saw it I realised my observations were right __________________ Replaced pcv filter, springs, plenum spy hole mod,Bonnet cable divider mod. Wax oiled.Air con recharged. Auto box oil changed , Jules plenum guard fitted .Smoked wind deflectors fitted.S/S Compensator.Club Grill Badge kindly donated by Andyg2011..