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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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Default Mystery Control arms...

These were on my xj when i got it and I have no clue what brand they are and Im in need of bushings. Anyone know what these are?
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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My guess would be home-made.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:07 AM
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I would say they are older BDS control arms. They went from a straight square tube to the round with brace about 10 years ago. Easy to get bushing for no matter what, if they have 1.5" OD bushing just order a set of rear Chevrolet spring bushings.

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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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BDS or TrailMaster.

I just looked up both and neither have that brace on top.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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Old May 10, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jcwclm
I just looked up both and neither have that brace on top.
Yes but way back when they did. I used to have a set very similar to that.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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not sure but they look cool
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Old May 10, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by outkast
I would say they are older BDS control arms. They went from a straight square tube to the round with brace about 10 years ago. Easy to get bushing for no matter what, if they have 1.5" OD bushing just order a set of rear Chevrolet spring bushings.
rear Chevy Spring bushings? where can i get these and what are they for?
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Old May 10, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Just measure them and go to Poly Performance.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by xjbeast
rear Chevy Spring bushings? where can i get these and what are they for?
If the bushings in those arms are 1.5" as I suspect you can use leaf spring bushings from pretty much any Chevrolet truck made from the early 60's up to present. You could get them at any parts store, order them from polyperformance.com or there are tons of them on ebay.

Again this is only if the arms use 1.5" bushings.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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check ZJ lifts, see some exactly like that F/R every day
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Old May 10, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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I hope they aren't like that because they bent the first time and then decided to get gusseted. lol
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Old May 10, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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Pro Comp also made some with braces like that.
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I didn't know either, but I hated those CA's so just got adjustable uppers and lowers...
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Old May 15, 2011 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by xjbeast
rear Chevy Spring bushings? where can i get these and what are they for?
they are for a chevy leaf spring bushing. you get them online somewhere, ruffstuff has them or even some place like autozone could have them, its not a specialty item its about as rare as a lug nut
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