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Originally Posted by racerx1715
I completely agree, however the complexity to build the upper control arm is greater. Complexity drives up labor and in turn drives up the price.
For example I have seen the front lower control arm sell between $649 and $995 but I have not seen many say that part is overpriced. From our experience the upper control arm is more difficult to build than the lower front. I'm curious why the front lower does not seem overpriced??
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My take would be that $800 is very hard to justify for an arm which cannot be adjusted on the car. If it was on-car adjustable the price would be at the higher end but acceptable. If they provided a way that an adjustment could be repeated consistently (eg add 1 degree of camber for track day, remove for street) then they would be very well priced.
Imo in this price-range you're beyond the 'look at me I've got shiny colourful suspension arms' crowd and dealing with people who are focussed on function, in particular function for the track. So that leaves you with the competition being the offset bushes which provide on-car adjustability for $150-$200 which makes it's tough to justify the price.