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10-22-06, 11:50 PM
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| FJ80 v. FZJ80 Lower Rear Control Arms
I was crawling around under my FJ80 recently in relation to a different thread, and noticed that the lower rear control arms are noticeably larger in their O.D. than the ones on my FZJ80. I know a few of you hard-core wheeling types have tweaked or seriously bent these arms on rock ledges and other obstacles, but I was wondering if anyone had ever bent the larger FJ80 arms.  Please post up if you have done it or seen it done.
I was just thinking that it might be cheaper to buy salvaged FJ80 arms instead of purchasing new aftermarket beefy arms, provided that they are in fact appreciably stronger.
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10-23-06, 01:35 AM
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| IIRC, the older arms are larger in diameter, but the metal is thinner than the newer control arms (or maybe older=hollow vs. newer=solid?). I think the older arms are on 91-94, newer from 95-97.
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10-23-06, 07:48 AM
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10-23-06, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix
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| I have the larger arms on my '94, and the thinner ones on my '95. I beat the piss out of the '94, and the arms are curved now. I'm planning to replace the tube with a thicker walled version.
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10-23-06, 11:14 AM
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| One of mine is curved now.  I have other things to mod and I don't want to spend $ here yet. I will stick it out for a little longer and see how things go.
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