Cheaper Lower Control Arms

[Steve Tinker]

TRW are a Porsche supplier out of the Czech Republic - they reliably supply parts to most of the European brands and have a huge manufacturing complex still under construction if I remember correctly.
I fitted their steering arms to my car a few months ago - fit, finish etc looked on par with the originals and came with the correct Porsche part number.

[tomc88]

TRW make lower arms and other parts for Porsche. so the porsche part and TRW are identical and the same part, made in the same factory.

My local Porsche mechanic found in recent years, the much cheaper 'TRW' part was impossible to buy, yet, the identical 'porsche' part was in stock for twice the price.

He suspected that Porsche had too many in stock and was putting pressure on TRW not to sell lower arms direct.

But he is finding now that after a couple of years of that, TRW are starting to sell again

[stjoh]

I think I have some good condition lower arms that I took off my 996 when upgrading to GT3 parts. PM if interested.

[aztecw]

I purchased two URO control arms form my lps, one this past Aug. the other in Oct. I replaced both this past month, because the rubber at the ball joint was cracked and completely destroyed. Luckily, they were under warranty, but we'll see how long these last.