[wannafbody]

Since I bought a Miata I've had to buy some parts. I did the mandatory shock and spring combo and in the process needed a couple control arms. I looked at a popular Miata shop and they sell 2 lower control arms with poly bushings for $700 or a set of 8 for $1795 ($225 each). Needless to say I bought stock parts for way, way, way less. After reading a thread hyping these control arms I posted pricing for comparable control arms for the fbody sold as sets of 2 for less than $400 as a reference and stated that $700 for 2 wasn't IMO realistic pricing. Well, 2 posters starting giving me sh-t. Do I deserve crap for pointing out a less than stellar deal?

BTW, this does make me realize that fbody guys have some very good vendor choices.

[roostmeyer]

I think their overpriced as well, but I attribute that more to there being a lot of competition on the f-body market. I wouldn't mind picking up a set of upper rears, but at $410/pair I'll hold off.

IMO the lower a-arms aren't quite scary, but they suffer the same downfall as almost all the other aftermarket arms out there, not nearly enough moment of inertia around the spring/shock mount. For something marketed to road racers and autocrossers, the eccentric adjustment in the lower front a-arm does scare me though, thats a lot of brake torque being pushed through a 10mm bolt. I would probably buy a set of simple lightweight front upper a-arms with another degree of caster and another half to 3/4 degree of camber built in, I'm not sure anything more than that is necessary for a STS car. It really would not be that difficult to make fixturing that could do a built to order alignment for the customer...