Thread: Dorman parts any good?

I need a lower left control arm for my car and was wondering if Dorman parts are any good and if you guys would buy them for your Grand Prix's? I can get the right and the left control arm for the same price I would pay for just one control arm at Advance Auto Parts.

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Just looked and MOOG is $80 per control arm as where Dorman is $40 per control arm. The parts look the same to me. What do? I don't plan on junking my car anytime soon and plan on doing more modding.

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Many people run dormans, they are good quality for the money, I would run them on any car.

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

Many people run dormans, they are good quality for the money, I would run them on any car.

Just from looking at the pictures the parts look identical I think it's one of those cases where people are just paying for the brand name. For example Autozone charges $92 for a front lower control arm as where you can get the same thing on Rock Auto for $40 and I bet that the Duralast brand for $92 is no better than the Dorman... lmao o_O

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Also any tips for installing control arms? Anything else I should replace while I'm doing the control arms since I'm going to be in there?

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Not really, its already replacing the ball joint and bushings, but you may break a sway end link if that are really old, you can replace those if needed.

+1 for Dorman LCA's...I put a pair on my old 4 door and they worked just fine.

Originally Posted by Logan541

Used moogs because I heard of two people who had trouble lining it up because the bolt holes were drille incorrectly. Love my moogs and they are grease able not sure if dormans are

They have a grease fitting? That would be something I'd be interested in for the extra money.

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Yeah the moogs have grease fittings on them.

What type of grease would I buy for greasing the LCA?

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You can buy tubes of lithium grease for a grease gun, that's what I use. It's a little pricey but works good.

Stock ball joints don't have grease fittings and last well over 100k miles, they are not a common failure point on our cars so it really doesnt matter.

OK so dormans seem to be my best bet how easy are strut end links to do? What were you guys talking about with the poly mounts? Dormans will ride and feel the same right?

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Sway bar links are very easy to do. The hardest part will be getting rusty old ones off, which penetrating oil and an impact gun will help a lot. I recommend using moog links.

Are there any write ups on how to do these?

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Not sure. It's remove wheel, remove old link by either trying with a deep well socket or wrench. If it's too rusted it will have to be cut off or broken with the force of an impact gun which is what I did.
Then you turn this

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Very easy job if you have the tools