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[DrNick]

Hey guys, I took my car into Pedders to check out the suspension noise i was concerned about. Anyway they reckon the lower ball joints and the radius arm bushes are stuffed. Now they quoted $570 for the ball joints and $510 for the radius rod and bushes! With labor they wanted $1600! This is obvious BS, and even the guy at the shop said the prices were ridiculous (apparently he got quotes from Toyota).

Anyway first question - lower ball joints, i did a bit of searching around and Amayama has a price of about $53 each, but stock unconfirmed. Anyone know anywhere else to source? I think i read North Shore Toyota somewhere...any suggestions?

Next question - wtf is a radius rod? Dr google tells me it is also a torque arm, but i cant see anything called a torque arm, radius arm, or radius rod on toyodiy. Is it the same thing as a castor arm/rod? Amayama has something that looks like these for $101, but again not confirmed stock. Japaneseimportspares has adjustable ones for $295, but I would like to know if they are the right thing. Can someone shed some light on this?

[FragLord]

North Shore Toyota for ball joints.

Radius Rod is another name for the castor arm, extremely common for the bushes to be flogged out. I got my bushes replaced with superpro ones, they use the same bushes as IS300/SXE10.

[Dropbear]

just got some castor rod bushes from Nick @ north shore $78au delivered for the pair

[DrNick]

FragLord, on 02 June 2011 - 09:14 PM, said:

North Shore Toyota for ball joints.

Radius Rod is another name for the castor arm, extremely common for the bushes to be flogged out. I got my bushes replaced with superpro ones, they use the same bushes as IS300/SXE10.

Hey Fraglord have you got a a part number? When I search on the superpro site i cant see anything for SXE10, and if i search IS300 I can only search for jce10 and there are no castor arm bushes listed.

[DrNick]

Cheers to Nick from North Shore for ball joints! $111 AU delivered, hell of a lot better than $510 I got quoted here. Now to just source the castor arm bushes...

[S0unIQ]

If its proving hard to find the bush, just get full arms or aftermarket ones.

[FragLord]

http://203.31.191.243/fulcrumCat/

Part #SPF3040k

[DrNick]

FragLord, on 07 June 2011 - 07:20 PM, said:

http://203.31.191.243/fulcrumCat/

Part #SPF3040k

I saw this, but I wasn't sure what it was for seeing as it said 'strut bar to chassis mount kit' and nothing about castor arm bushes? Thanks heaps though!

[FragLord]

They are definitely the right ones as other people have used them

[Chasersaurus]

frag how much did you pay for them?

I got a price from Supercheap auto and it was $177!! But it was sold as a kit.