I was attempting to replace the bushings and ball joints on my a arms and when I pulled them off, I noticed that the area where the bushings go are bent. It looks like someone at some point tried to replace them with aftermarket bushings and bent them by trying to hammer bushings in. The factory arms are bent beyond repair.

My question is am I better off just sucking it up and going with an aftermarket a arm or should I just get a replacement stock one. Also if I go with an aftermarket a arm, which brand would be best to get. I keep seeing stories on here of peoples tires hitting the fender and such after they put aftermarket a arms in. I am going to be connecting them to the factory k-member. I am not going to be swapping the k-member out anytime soon.

 

Factory parts will do you well for your application.

If you go aftermarket, umi makes a very nice a arms and fitment is perfect. I have 2 sets.

Spohns arms were the ones that people had issues with but I now see they have redesigned them to a style very similar to what umi has been doing. Both companies make good parts but I prefeer umi since they are active sponcers of this site and i know their parts fit.