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By: MotoringFile » Archive » 200K Miles in an ‘03 R50

MotoringFile » Archive » 200K Miles in an ‘03 R50 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:01:58 +0000

[...] that, I had a control arm break. Scary, but cheap and easy to [...]

By: The Sunday Post 58 | donburnside.com

The Sunday Post 58 | donburnside.com — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:11:57 +0000

[...] that, I had a control arm break. Scary, but cheap and easy to [...]

By: dbmini.us » 200K Miles in an ‘03 R50 MINI Cooper

dbmini.us » 200K Miles in an ‘03 R50 MINI Cooper — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:10:39 +0000

[...] that, I had a control arm break. Scary, but cheap and easy to [...]

By: db

db — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:44:49 +0000

And you probably have the drilled pieces too. Go in and talk to Teresa I’m sure she’d give you a good price too ;)

By: Miles

Miles — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:26:48 +0000

Dang dude!!! That sucks… I think I may have to preemptively replace these since I’ve got an ’02…

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The Sunday Post XVI | wind(the)frog(dot)net — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:59:14 +0000

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By: db

db — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:21:10 +0000

Confuses me too. But, if I had to guess, the old one was the original Rover design. I would also guess that someone realized it’s weakness pretty early on, which would explain the resdesign.

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:29:35 +0000

Confused then … if the new arm is more robust and lighter, why did the old one ever exist? Lighter = less metal = less cost, and the new cast one must need less machining/assembly than the old multi-piece part, too.