mancini tube upper control arm failure....

Also, the fact that it failed while the owner was driving down the road at 45mph doesn't mean it was caused by regular driving. A hard launch and landing could have cracked the arm at the weld, but not enough for immediate failure. Drive around for a few months, hit a few potholes, and the crack completes itself and the arm fails. Don't get me wrong, I have CAP a-arms on my car and I'm concerned, but it may not have been entirely on the manufacturer. It certainly might be a poor weld that slipped through and failed under normal conditions, but it also might have been damaged on the car.



if ya look at what the guy says, the arms were bought in december of 2008, it is now may 2009. thats not even 6 months. and on top of that from what i understand the car is from the detroit area. so in reality how much could use could those arms actually of gotten? not too much in my opinion.