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YOUR RESEARCHLower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

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Install before the summer heat sets in

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Want to have everything installed before the summer heat sets in.

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Use fcp euro kit

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I just started a suspension refresh project yesterday using the FCP euro kit.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use pickle fork

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All went smoothly until it came to the LCA and I cannot get it to budge using a pickle fork.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

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You need to use a pickle fork

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

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Both the FCP Euro video and the 101 project book say you need to use a pickle fork.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use same part #

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Strange some manufactures have different part #s for the front and rears, but after talking again with ECS they confirmed even Porsche uses the same part # for both.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use tool

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Why cant u use the tool?

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Install before the summer heat sets in

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Want to have everything installed before the summer heat sets in.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use fcp euro kit

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I just started a suspension refresh project yesterday using the FCP euro kit.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use pickle fork

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All went smoothly until it came to the LCA and I cannot get it to budge using a pickle fork.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Suggestion

You need to use a pickle fork

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Suggestion

Both the FCP Euro video and the 101 project book say you need to use a pickle fork.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use same part #

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Suggestion · Original poster

Strange some manufactures have different part #s for the front and rears, but after talking again with ECS they confirmed even Porsche uses the same part # for both.

Lower Control Arms (coffin arms) question

Use tool

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Why cant u use the tool?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hello All Ordering new arms from ECS Tuning and they don't seem to have different (coffin) control arms for the front and rear. This is the Meyle arm they retail, site only specifics the arm is for left or right fitment. That arm is also included in the control arm package ECS sells here. Is this lower control arm interchangeable front and rear? Thank You!

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Quotes source post: 19951513

Thank you! Strange some manufactures have different part #s for the front and rears, but after talking again with ECS they confirmed even Porsche uses the same part # for both.

POST 4Original post

If you get the ones with the offset bushing to correct caster they will have a right and left but you can probably rotate that bushing. It's not something I've messed with yet.

POST 5Original post

Quotes source post: 19951582

If it�s the hard rubber bushing like in the GT3 Cup control arms, it takes a special tool, or possibly a good bearing set to move them. I have the special tool. I turned a left into a right to have a matched set, which I gave away in the pay it forward thread. But I think you�re correct about the ones with machined bushings.

POST 6Original post

Quotes source post: 19951513

Also fit the 997 and 991 IIRC.

POST 7Original post

Quotes source post: 19953838

997 and 991 have a taller central bushing therefore need a different diagonal control arm.

POST 8Original post

Quotes source post: 19953970

Tarett includes a spacer in their kits for this reason.

POST 9 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks guys, Control arms are beginning to arrive. Want to have everything installed before the summer heat sets in. 😎

POST 10Original post

I just started a suspension refresh project yesterday using the FCP euro kit. All went smoothly until it came to the LCA and I cannot get it to budge using a pickle fork. Any advice? Or is it just a question of perseverance?

POST 11Original post

Quotes source post: 19958231

You need one of these: Ball joint separator There are lots of manufacturers.

POST 12Original post

Thanks for the reply. I have one but you can�t use it on the rear LCA. You need to use a pickle fork

POST 13Original post

Why cant u use the tool? Up bolt the shaft and slide the upright out. Its more work but its how its done.

POST 14Original post

Quotes source post: 19958361

thanks I�ll give it a try. Both the FCP Euro video and the 101 project book say you need to use a pickle fork.

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