Lateral arms

**Le Patriote** · 02-04-2013

Hi guy's. I just noticed something. Why all lateral arms on W-Body are bent ?

Seriously, i have 3 w-body and all have the lateral arms bent. When i take a look on the web, all w-body have arm bent . It is normal ? They are pre-bent from GM? Or my 3 car have been towed ?

If my arms are bent, not too much, and the alignement is done without problem, do i need to change the arms or not ?

Thanks !

**Matt Palm** · 02-04-2013

replace em anyways get bmr best ones out there imo. and im prety sure they arent supposed to be bent htey are just super weak

**ItHurtz** · 02-04-2013

change the arms before they break. Dorman are like 11-15$ each for new ones.

**Fivefingerdeathpunch** · 02-04-2013

Stamped steel thats shaped like a U, yeah thats quality for you.

Swap them to the tubular design.

**SlowNA06** · 02-04-2013

Are we confusing our lateral arms with our trailing arms in here?

**Fivefingerdeathpunch** · 02-04-2013

Maybe lol.

After I read this again, because I skim alot. Lateral arms should not be bent ever, if they are the preson before you or you yourself have either hit something or had a bad tow truck driver do the damage.

Trailing arms are the stamped steel cheap piles of junk parts that bend easy.

**dpzelenak** · 02-05-2013

Trailing arms
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Lateral arms

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**Le Patriote** · 02-05-2013

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

Maybe lol.

After I read this again, because I skim alot. Lateral arms should not be bent ever, if they are the preson before you or you yourself have either hit something or had a bad tow truck driver do the damage.

Trailing arms are the stamped steel cheap piles of junk parts that bend easy.

I have GMPP package , so the sway bar and trailing arms.

For the lateral arms, damnn the BMR products seem to be very nice, but alot pricey !!!

I will take a look for the wbodystore lateral arms ( 239 for the 4 lateral arms) , or, the dorman one.

**coolone** · 02-05-2013

HT Motorsports rear trailing arms and alignment (lateral) arms... 1/2 the cost and just as good IMHO as the BMR's.

**dpzelenak** · 02-05-2013

link ^^^^

**coolone** · 02-05-2013

W-Body Products |

Simple google search woulda done it for ya' but here...

**Ridin ON Chrome** · 02-07-2013

Originally Posted by coolone

HT Motorsports rear trailing arms and alignment (lateral) arms... 1/2 the cost and just as good IMHO as the BMR's.

x2..

Good stuff

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