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01 grand prix trailing arm questions

matt5112 said:
the brackets that mount to the body tend to seize to the sleeve in the bushing.

One side of mine were okay, the other was a PITA.

LCA's were a similar deal.

One side was okay, the other was a major PITA.
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Usually that is how some of my car repairs good. Should be easy but the darnedest things happen because of age/rust. My '94 Grand Am can be like that.
OH and that just bugs me. I bought the Monte as a replacement "daily driver" since the Grand Am (at the time was over 150K in '08). I decided as long as the Grand Am runs and cost of repair is minimal, I will keep the Monte off the winter roads. <sigh> someday it may have to join the club of other "daily drivers"..

I feel like I just thread-jacked this posting.... I'll stop :th_biggrin2:
 


TheManiac said:
That is too funny you're a city away from me! I never took notice of your profile info. Looking at your profile pic, I think I saw that Grand Prix for sale a few years ago!

I sent you a PM regarding the trailing arms. Hit me back, I am more then happy to work something out with you.
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Sent ya back.
The bumper that was painted in that picture got ripped off. My brother had the car full of fatf*cks and they bottomed out ripping the bumper almost straight up the middle. So a replacement went on with no flames :(
heres some pics if your interested




 
if you plan on selling the car. Just get some stock ones or call up a junk yard looking for police impalas. They run the thicker arms.
 
sasquatch094 said:
Sent ya back.
The bumper that was painted in that picture got ripped off. My brother had the car full of fatf*cks and they bottomed out ripping the bumper almost straight up the middle. So a replacement went on with no flames :(
heres some pics if your interested
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Thanks for the pics! That's a sad to hear the bumper got ripped off (but a funny story). But those are the flames I remember! Small world man!
 
Thanks Jason again for the arms.
heres a couple pictures of the old arms that were kinked.






there honestly not as rusty as i thought. i have no idea how in the world they got kinked. but oh well. lol
 


TheManiac said:
There non-tubular, hence why they are stock. I replaced them just because I wanted to stiffen the rear end (outside of that, they are in great condition).

As for being a PITA to change, not sure why. Admittedly my only pain point was not having an impact gun available (breaking the bolts free holding the arm took a lot of UMPH). Out side of that, changing them was a breeze, easy, straight forward.

As I stated, if I were going to buy a set new, I too agree with going for a tubular pair (hence why I recommended ordering a set from UMI Performance, like what I put on my Monte). The tubular ones will function better then stock. Just my opinion.
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I replaced my stock trailing arms with a set of GMPP trailing arms for $36 for the pair (they are tubular versus the stock ones that are u shaped) but I don't believe they are available any longer. For a street driven car (not raced), they would be perfect if you can still get them. Mine were very easy to replace-no issues, very straight forward-car had 90,000 miles at the time. As noted, an impact gun makes it very easy! The front lower control arms were real easy as well, just to note.
 
jbamonte said:
I replaced my stock trailing arms with a set of GMPP trailing arms for $36 for the pair (they are tubular versus the stock ones that are u shaped) but I don't believe they are available any longer. For a street driven car (not raced), they would be perfect if you can still get them. Mine were very easy to replace-no issues, very straight forward-car had 90,000 miles at the time. As noted, an impact gun makes it very easy! The front lower control arms were real easy as well, just to note.
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You got lucky.
 
is it possible for my car to be riding better now? i can swear it doesnt hit bumps in the ass as hard anymore.. but maybe its just me lol
 


The best trailing arm upgrades you can buy are UMP trailing arms off ebay. I paid 120 for both of mine and they are better quality/Thicker than ZZP and gmpp trailing arms. Not to mention cheaper
 
OrangeL67 said:
The best trailing arm upgrades you can buy are UMP trailing arms off ebay. I paid 120 for both of mine and they are better quality/Thicker than ZZP and gmpp trailing arms. Not to mention cheaper
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Cheaper?? Care to explain that one? You can buy WBS trialing arms for little over half the price of what you paid, and it's UMI - not UMP.
 
codyAK said:
He didn't mention wbs ones, unless I'm mistaken(very well may be), wbs aren't tubular.
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WBS's are boxed square tubing, which is fine for most of our cars, I think their website is messed up because it won't go beyond the first page, and ZZP's which are $120 are not thicker because they are chromoly.

Here's the link to it.
W Body Store

Also - with the trailing arm brackets, they are still available at the dealership for around $7 or $8 a side..
 
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15856683 - GM p/n

Is this the correct part for a '97-'03 Grand Prix for the trailing arm to replace my "U" shaped ones? I'm assuming it's a kit with the rubber bushings in the end, as well, right?
 
I believe that's the part # for the Impala police package trailing arms. They should work fine, but they will be squared tubular like the w-body store ones, as opposed to round tubular like the GMPP ones were. And yes, they should have the bushings. BTW, that's actually the old #. The new GM part # is 25990164.
 
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