Hello! I have a manual Honda Civic 2007 with 115000 miles. The car has a cracked rubber bushing on both lower control arms. Since the OEM is around 220$ for one control arm plus shipping cost, and Duralast is around 65$ for one control arm, I am thinking about getting the duralast control arms. Are the duralast control arms any good? I weighed both the OEM and the duralast control arms and they both weigh the same weight, around 3.7 kg.
I happened to have one left OEM control arm, can I put the OEM lower control arm on the driver's side and the duralast control arm on the passenger side? Would this damage the car or put the car out of alignment? Thank you for answering the questions I have!
As long as you get a warranty for the autozone parts, and you’re doing the labour yourself, you can experiment with a few brands.
or put the car out of alignment?
Either way, once you swap out the control arms, you’ll need to have the vehicle aligned by a professional shop with trained technicians.
I've used duralast and other aftermarket parts dozens of times and only had 1 issue. A ball joint failed 1 week after install but store swapped for new one and everything was fine after that. On my crv I installed control arms, inner and out tier ods, sway links and steering rack and few other parts with aftermarket from advanced and AutoZone and never had any real issues. Some of those parts had over 150,000 miles on them. My Mercedes as well had cheap aftermarket tie rods and wheel bearings hub assembly and everything is good(not from local stores) Just make sure everything matches perfectly and you'll be good.
