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Old 07-30-2020, 04:58 PM
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Unhappy SKP Control arm ball joint recess discrepancies

One is deep, one is not.
Could anyone tell me which one I can use.
By the looks of it, one is not milled properly.






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Old 07-30-2020, 06:38 PM
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There are 2 different styles of control arms, you probably have one of each.
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Originally Posted by DarkZ03
There are 2 different styles of control arms, you probably have one of each.
OK thanks.
I guess I'll google styles ...far as I knew it was left and right, then they changed in 2005 to be not compatible on 2003-2004

SKP SK522303
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That's what I meant you probably have a new one and older one?
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I'm not sure what they changed from 2005
one has SK522304 I43 1019
the other SK522303 H49 1011 this one is shiny and bigger text







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The spindle was changed along with the ball joint, the easiest way to see which one you need would be to measure/compare the end I guess and then try to find the matching part number.
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these parts are for 2003-2004, part numbers match.
I keep hearing about shoddy milling on the balljoint area.
https://my350z.com/forum/brakes-and-...trol-arms.html

So the shallow one is probably good, the deeper one looks to be iffy.
Not as deep as the Moog ones looked.

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Guess not too many people changing control arms?
Anyone?
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TBH not really, why change the arm when you can swap bushings? I would assume also most here would swap for OEM if they did as well.
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