trailing arms?

[treycool94]

i just looked at my trailing arms this morning and they have a hole rusted through them can i get a link to some stock ones so i can see what the prices are i can only seem to find aftermarket ones

 

[sdaviddr]

I called a local dealer here in dearborn michigan,was told about $200 a piece without hardware.

 

[JDMitchell]

Try PMT or you can make your own lowers and track bar like I am doing. I will be posting all the info within the next week or so.

http://www.pmtfabrication.com/Category/11-ford-suv.aspx

Here is a ebay seller that also has uppers and lowers, I bought uppers from him and am waiting to see the quality, but they are quite a bit cheaper than PMT.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...Accessories&hash=item33653cfd0c#ht_500wt_1182

 

[tmajikman]

could try junkyarddog.com, find a set from a salvage yard in the south, hardly any issues with rust and buy them, jyd.com is a nationwide salvage yard site that competes with all other salvage yards that use jyd, and I have had great luck with them, I do the opposite with ac compressors, I get them from the yards up north since they are used much less than we use them in GA.

 

[treycool94]

is this a good deal for upper and lower ones?
http://www.pmtfabrication.com/Products/88-97-02-ford-expedition-navigator-rear-trailing-arms.aspx

 

[JDMitchell]

$50 worth of steel, $20 in polyurethane bushings, and $30 worth of powdercoat.............


Looks like they are making a killing, that is why I decided to go a different route. But if you don't mind spending the money you probably can't find anything nicer than those.

 

[treycool94]

i am trying to get the upper ones to they both look pretty bad

 

[JDMitchell]

Did you check out the ebay link I posted? Those are the cheapest aftermarket option I have come across. $183 after shipping and they include poly bushings, you just need to buy some new bolts since they aren't included like PMT, but for the extra $70 that PMT charges I will be happy to raid the bolt bin at NAPA.

 

[treycool94]

yah i looked at that ebay kit the same dude also sells upper controle arms to

 

[JDMitchell]

yah i looked at that ebay kit the same dude also sells upper controle arms to

I bought the uppers from him and should have them by the end of this week.

 

[sdaviddr]

when I ordered my from PMT, they asked what size bolts are mine.I guess there's two size bolts 14mm or 16mm. Mine are 16mm,the one trailing arm I got from a junk yard is a 14mm.I didn't see it mentioned on the ebay site.No big deal if they are 16mm ,you might just have to drill out the frame holes.

 

[JDMitchell]

There was a change between 97 and 2000 for the bolt size. I am just gonna buy 16 mm anyway and drill out the mounting locations.