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Hi folks,

Just a quick question for people opinions.

My car will be requiring new front control arms, should I go for genuine ford items or will non branded variants be okay in terms of longevity and performance?

Get them fitted by a ford garage or take it to a small independent?

There is a big price difference but I will pay for the better quality.

Thanks for your replies!

My car is 2010 focus with 30k so still young and worth spending good money on.

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Personally I always use genuine ford parts, not fitted at a ford dealer but a local garage.

I just feel that if/when you come to sell it looks better with ford parts.

I can't comment on the quality and longevity of aftermarket parts because I've never used them

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Do you purchase your parts through ford parts service or online websites?

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The garage purchased them on my behalf and I received the receipts as proof.

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Genuine ford is ideally the way to go, and get them fitted by someone who knows what they are doing. Thankfully I have a mate who works in a garage who has been looking after my family's cars for over 20 years.

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Ahh right okay, thats great mate thanks!

Anyone done the control arms on their focus recently so I can get an idea of what to expect for the cost of the work?

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Nah last thing I had done on my Focus was a service lol. Left him to it for a couple hours. Ask around different places to get a idea of price as each might be different.

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Okay mate, cheers!

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that answers a lot of my questions , as it was said if you know a trusted mechanic that's half the problem sorted, Do any members know of a mechanic who knows the focus inside out in the Merseyside area . I know a few local guys but I would prefer the ford guys which are cheaper than the ford main agents

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Personally I always use genuine ford parts, not fitted at a ford dealer but a local garage.

I just feel that if/when you come to sell it looks better with ford parts.

I can't comment on the quality and longevity of aftermarket parts because I've never used them

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Ford parts are usually up to a decent standard, and usually better than cheap, pattern parts

BUT- you can get better parts than stock Ford parts, you can get better/ upgraded brake pads and discs, intercoolers, exhaust systems, suspension/ subframe bushes, flywheels, clutches, etc etc that are much better than stock Ford ones (longer lasting/ higher performance etc)

No idea about front control arms, though

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Yeah I would normally replace with ford or more superior parts, but with something as specialised as a front control arm I don't know any decent brands!

I could get poly flex bushes but it requires a lot of effort to press them in and I don't have the tools or know how. I would rather just replace the arms so it sorts everything out at once.

Ford quoted me £500 for parts & fitting is this a reasonable price?

Does anyone have ford parts software that could price a set of oem control arms?

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Yeah I would normally replace with ford or more superior parts, but with something as specialised as a front control arm I don't know any decent brands!

I could get poly flex bushes but it requires a lot of effort to press them in and I don't have the tools or know how. I would rather just replace the arms so it sorts everything out at once.

Ford quoted me £500 for parts & fitting is this a reasonable price?

Does anyone have ford parts software that could price a set of oem control arms?

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Seems expensive to me - try an independant/ garage/ mechanic (you could still buy the parts from Ford) (i used to work for Ford- all i ever use the local main stealers for is ocasionally getting some parts with my trade discoult, any work i dont do myself i go elsewhere, if i had a nearly new car (Less than 3 years) it may be different, though)

Use Google!

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