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Old 08-17-2016, 01:26 PM
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Have I messed up buying these UMI A-Arms?

Hello.

I have recently purchased a load of suspension items from Summit. I decided to stick with mostly UMI products and decided on the UMI 2051B A-Arms which stated they work with factory springs and use OEM hardware.

What I did not notice is they also say for coilovers only...I've just got a set of nice Koni shock absorbers, which are not coilovers!! Any thoughts or suggestions, feeling quite fed up about this!

Thanks!

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If the have spring pockets (cup) on the a arm youre good.
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Sigh, they don't.
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No but they look cool lol

Hopefully they'll exchange them for you. Bmr makes a set not sure about umi just incase.
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Summit should exchange as long as you didnt install them or mark them up
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Yeah, they do look very cool, maybe they could be very expensive pieces of art in my garage! Looks like Summit don't supply ones for my car but UMI directly will.
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Just try returning them stating you ordered wrong part
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Summit has generally been very good about accepting returns in my experience. Be prepared to pay for shipping (or have shipping deducted from your refund) though.
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summits pretty good i would also grab the manufacture part number and give them a all and see if they can get it and exchange. Summit does ship directly from manufactures and they sometimes get stuff not listed. There really good at customer service. I live 45 mins away and am there all the time.
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Re: Have I messed up buying these UMI A-Arms?

Originally Posted by 214jay
Hello.

I have recently purchased a load of suspension items from Summit. I decided to stick with mostly UMI products and decided on the UMI 2051B A-Arms which stated they work with factory springs and use OEM hardware.

What I did not notice is they also say for coilovers only...I've just got a set of nice Koni shock absorbers, which are not coilovers!! Any thoughts or suggestions, feeling quite fed up about this!

Thanks!

Jay
Not sure how I missed this post, My apologies.

Did you get a resolution from summit?

If not give me a call here at the shop and I can help you out.

Craig
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Re: Have I messed up buying these UMI A-Arms?

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/upi-2031-b

Those are for stock coil set up. Fits all 82-92 Camaro/firebirds. Have them in my 89 Camaro.
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