Front/rear? Upper/lower?

 

Nice find but how come you say they charge $5-600 for each arm? Our x-type control arms which includes the ball joint only cost $220 at the dealer. I'd imagine they aren't that much different...Good deal on that though....

 

the s type vertical link.. not really a arm.. cost 450-550.. you can get the ball joints.. separate for 2 for $60 .. i have seen people do them .. but they don't really last long.

 

Genius, about how long do the ball joints last?

 

We sell them both ways. I have the vertical link with b/j and brake shield for $320 LH or $280 RH. The ball joints only run $75 each. The last a reasonable amount of time but must be pressed to R&R.

 

So he must be speaking of something else...the lower control arm for the x is only somewhere around 200 bucks...

 

I guess he's talking for the S type, not the X. I just bought one (front lower ball joint for my S type) por U$53.00. S&H included. I hope it works!!

 

Yeah I saw that they don't even sell a ball joint replacement you must replace the whole arm (liability issue if the ball joint breaks off!) I just couldn't imagine the lower control arm being greatly different than the s-type especially 3 times the cost!

 

s type vertical link made out of aluminum.. i 've heard of less then a year.. but up here is pot hole city.. you can also get the vertical link with ball joint from england for 170.00 ish

 

Aquill, the S-Type ball vertical link runs from the Hub up to the upper control arm. Yours on the X is a true lower arm bolts to the subframe and into the bottom of the hub. Think of an A shape. S-Type is like a swan neck shape.

 

Oh so they are quite different! How come? Cuz ours are awd?

 

different due to size and money..

 

Hmmm...that's weird because that car isn't hugely bigger than our cars like the xj's are...oh well...

 

i need upper rears on my s type and have seen brands searching myself online from 250 to 500 i was gonna get on and see if anyone knew the brand name lemforder and if they were worth the extra cash? i drive the canyons up here and love to push this car i was going to switch to mina springs as well.

 

Lemforder is good. I brought the sway bar links for rear and I was told bmw uses lemforder as well.

 

I remember having the lower rear arm, RHS replaced on my S-type; the cost of the part was £274 from the interweb, dealer price £465.
Now here's something astonishing -- I was talking to my tame mechanic at Scotch John's here in Leeds, and he happened to have in his hand a very similar looking part. It had a ball joint and two metalastik bushes. Idly I said "what's that for"? To which he replied, "that Peugeot over there". Almost without thinking I said "how much is that then"?
He said "£27". I said "WHAT"? He repeated the price -- "£27".
I was struck dumb, unusual for me. ONE TENTH the cheapest Jag. part? Something not right there.
Leedsman.
p.s. please don't anyone tell him I described him as tame -- he's a scotsman. I don't want to be separated from my breath.

 

I had an x type before my s type and 3 kids under 12, the back seat is wider in an x type. i always found that bizarre.

 

You can get them (Ball Joints for the S-Type) for less from other sellers - I paid $70 or so a while back for 2 lower front ball joints.

Also, before anybody buys parts from this or other sellers, it's a good idea to type the name of the seller (DeutscheParts / HAMBURG TECHNIC GERMANY) into Google and see what other peoples' experiences have been...

I'd rather stick with Lemfoerder (OEM Jaguar, a German company that designs/manufactures in Germany) or other parts that are really Made in Germany... (or Made in USA/UK/Canada/Australia/Spain/France/Italy/Japan/Netherlands/... -> you get the idea...)

 

If buying on ebay, I'd buy them from Euromarque - they are in Houston and are a large rebuilder and manufacturer (e.g. inner tie rod ends - otherwise not available for ZF steering racks) of Jaguar parts.

Here's the link to their ebay store (not affiliated with them apart as a customer)
steering suspension parts, jaguar replacement parts items in euromarque automotive parts store on eBay!