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Old 24th December 2019, 15:03   #1
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Is Rimmers the only/best place to get rear suspension arms for a zt?

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Old 24th December 2019, 15:17   #2
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perhaps not. dmgrs apparently have sourced good ones, pattern mind you.

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Old 24th December 2019, 16:20   #3
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I bought and fitted a pair of "as new" used ones from Portugal. They had no rust whatsoever and looking inside with my endoscope camera, weren't even dirty! I cleaned, dried, primed and painted them inside and out, followed by a thorough multi coating of Dynax and cavity wax. They should outlast the rest of the car!!! As above, good luck with finding replacements. There will be some out there..................... somewhere!
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Upper or lower arms?
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Old 24th December 2019, 17:00   #5
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I bought two pairs of Rear Upper arms from DMGRS and treated them as per Roverbarmy. Each year I check out 'cavities' such as these and top up the treatment.
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5 years warranty on the DMGRS ones ??
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5 years warranty on the DMGRS ones ??
I've a part worn one in stock





I would wait until end of January beginning of February until the new supplier stuff comes through to XPart, if you can't wait, then buy the pattern parts from Rimmer Bros.

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Old 24th December 2019, 17:19   #8
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I've a part worn one in stock





I would wait until end of January beginning of February until the new supplier stuff comes through to XPart, if you can't wait, then buy the pattern parts from Rimmer Bros.

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but Brian, from xpart, surly they are pattern parts and not even OEM?

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I had the car re-undersealed recently and the comment from the company who did it was "rear suspension arms corroded and holed" so maybe the lower ones?

Maybe I need to speak to Matt at DMGRS in the New Year

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Old 24th December 2019, 21:56   #10
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I had the car re-undersealed recently and the comment from the company who did it was "rear suspension arms corroded and holed" so maybe the lower ones?

Maybe I need to speak to Matt at DMGRS in the New Year

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It won't be the lower arms Andrew, it will be the uppers

RH side HERE

LH side HERE

Park your car on a level surface, take a spirit level place it vertically from the centre of the wheelarch to the ground, then with a steel rule measure from the uppermost part of the sidewall to the inside of the spirit level, note the measurement and repeat on the other side.

I'm willing to bet a pound to a pinch of salt the RH side will be a bigger measurement than the LH

If the arms have been already been noted as holed, don't delay buy a pair of arms and replace them before you shred the sidewall of the OS/R tyre

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