Replacing lower control arms.

[Matahoe]

Got a bit of a dilemma here. Yesterday Amazon sent me an ACDelco Professional lower control arm instead of the upper control arm I ordered. I only paid $35 for it open box! Incidentally the lower control arm is worth 4 times that much. So...yeah dilemma. Thought of returning it for an exchange..but then I thought why? It's their mess-up.

So from a lucrative standpoint THE question I have is should I sell it on ebay or craigslist and profit or should I just keep going and replace both lower and upper control arms seeing how I am fortunately ahead pricewise. My Tahoe has 165,000 on it so any recommendations would be great. I don't notice any obvious noisy suspension issues but I do notice that it has become rougher over the past year.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I say get another upper and do them both. All new bushings.

 

[08HoeCD]

At that mileage, I'd keep it and plan to buy whatever else necessary to replace both upper and lower control arms at once.

 

[Fosscore]

Sounds like a win on both fronts. Good part at a reduced price and the opportunity to just upgrade both while you are at it and still be close to or less than what you would have spent on the one component. Any new parts, especially with mileage increasing, can only be beneficial.

 

[fiatdale]

Keep it, do upper and lower.

 

[Rocket Man]

For one thing, why are you replacing the upper control arms? Most of the time these are replaced in order to replace worn ball joints. If that's the case then you should replace the lower control arms or ball joints at the same time.

 

[fiatdale]

^Exactly. Dammit @Red Rocket I love your Denali.

 

[Matahoe]

What I am doing is collecting all the parts as I find good deals. I wasn't going to put it on just by itself. The control arm ball joints and bushings don't seem to be worn much on either side.

At the moment my main concern is getting my steering and handling sorted out which basically means all new related stuff without going crazy. It's just going to take a bit of time until I procure all the required parts. Hopefully it wont take more than a month. I'm just looking for deals now.