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Anyone use the Control arm kit from ECS??? Is it reliable? Is it OEM or not?

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Old 07-08-2003, 07:05 AM
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Anyone use the Control arm kit from ECS??? Is it reliable? Is it OEM or not?
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....next time. I've done it for you, because I remembered this particular post. No one can really say if the Sidem arms are reliable, as I don't think anyone has had them installed long enough to determine durability. Good luck

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This maybe unrelated but the Control Arms the dealer replaced were all stamped TRW
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Default I believe the ECS kit is made by Sidem (more)

Sidem is a well respected Belgian third party manufacturer and OEM supplier to some auto companies. Shokan also sells the Sidem control arms.
While the Sidem arms aren't OEM to Audi, I believe the quality is good, and I understand that those arms are used by one of the East Coast S4 racing teams.
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Default i got a set from shocan...

they seem generally identical to oem. i'll see how they fare through a new england winter.
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