Upper A-arm bushes

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Old 05-16-2012, 12:45 AM
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Default Upper A-arm bushes

Hi people,
I will be replacing the bushes in the upper A-arms/upper control arms on my 81 and have a couple of questions.

I have been on a couple of sites and they have a front and a rear bush listed so I presume I would need two of each(to do both sides).I emailed one place and they guy said I would only need to get four of the front ones.Being in New Zealand I dont want to order the wrong ones as freight is bloody expensive.Anyone else here replaced theirs?

Also can anyone recommend a good place to get parts for my car?
I can get a fair bit of stuff over here but it usually works out cheaper to import a lot of it yourself.

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Old 05-16-2012, 11:11 AM
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Are you looking for stock parts or are you building it to handle better? What year are we talking about anyway??
 
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:51 PM
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The old bushes are flogged out and just looking to replace with stock parts.
It's an 81.
 
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Old 05-20-2012, 10:26 PM
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i would recommend jegs or sumitt for parts,they ship internationaly and usually have good prices,if ur just looking for factory replacements i would use the moog brand have had really good luck with them and very high quality.
 
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Old 05-25-2012, 08:10 PM
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u need 2 front and 2 rear ones,4 front ones is incorrect,can also also be bought in kit that includes one front and one rear,u would need 2 of these kits.MOOG Part # K6109
 
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:29 AM
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Thanks alot for that.I had my doubts and thats why I asked.
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 10:51 AM
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I'm a bit confused now. My info shows jut one Moog part number 6206 for all the upper control arm bushings. The Moog 6109 is the lower bushing.
 
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Old 06-02-2012, 02:02 AM
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I ordered my parts from Summit.I didnt get the moog ones.Got another brand (which I have forgotten the name).Emailed summit and asked if they were the correct ones and they said they were.
Bushes and an idler arm came to $50 plus another $70 to ship them to NZ so they better be right.
 
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