pantera43

I thought I would ask over here since quite a few of your track your GT3's. Presently I have a Cayman with OEM 996 GT3 front lower control arms. A common mod for having adjustable camber. From time to time I read about crashes resulting from lower control arm failures in the race/DE forum. Are the lower control arms a timed out consumable that should be replaced after a period of time? Any input greatly appreciated.

Dan

powdrhound

I've seen the rear LCAs break, the ball joint snapped. Not pretty. I swapped my fronts to the PMNA 997 GT3 cup arms and the rears to the beefier PMNA 997 RSR arms. If you track heavily, I would consider them a consumable item.

pantera43

powdrhound, thanks for the reply and sharing. I had my suspicions and will treat the control arms as a consumable.

Dan

bgiere

I use Fabcar arms on my 996 cup...pretty much indestructible. Ball joints are super heavy duty too.

Kistle

Do you have a part number and source for those Fabcar arms?

Thanks,

JA

pantera43

Thanks, good to know. I'll contact them when the time comes. Probably sooner than later...

Dan

bgiere

Dave Klym at Fabcar...not sure what part numbers are but I do not think they make them anymore. Sometimes a used set will pop up on RL.

powdrhound

I run the PMNA RSR arms. Very beefy and fully rebuilbable mono *****...

993GT

Wondering what replacement parts cost? Might make financial sense (lol) to go this route in the long-term...?
Cheers,

993PET

I have a set of new 996 Cup Rear Lower Control Arms for sale.

c didy

It sounds like it's a ball joint that usually fails. Is that true?

Who can press new ball joints into the control arms? I think I heard of someone who was doing it. It would be nice to replace them periodically.

Gofishracing

I landed up full RSS arms. I didn't realize other choices when the time came.

c didy

Well it's just a TRW ball joint from what I can tell. Pressing a new one in is another story.

Scuderia V

We have always several sets of Forged 997 CUP as well as RSR arms in stock if needed.

JR944

I had one of the original rear LCA's on my 996 GT3 fail with over 100k miles and a TON of track use. "Stem" of the ball joint failed. Fortunately, the only damage was to the plastic inner fender liner.