I am looking at replacing the front upper control arms on a 95 Honda Accord and wanted to see if anyone has used or heard of the brand Mas Industries? If so, are they a good quality brand? The Ebay ad shows they were $45 at one time and they are $30 each now. I don't want to risk my life by sacrificing quality, so if they make junk I would like to know.

Thanks in advance.

 

Really? OEM isn't even that cheap is it? You would trust a $30 part on your car? C'mon.

 

Well, Autozone has an upper control arm for $56. I just asked if anyone has any experience with this manufacturer. And yes, I would put a $30 part on my car if it was made by a quality manufacturer (that's why I asked).

 

Yeah. Get those. Good luck.
Quality $30 UCAs. I think I'm going to bust a vein.

 

Thanks for all your help grumblemarc. Apparently I must have given you the perception that I work on cars for a living or I am knowledgeable in this area. Apparently you have quite a bit of experience, so a simple "no they are crap", or "I used them and they are ok" would have worked fine, but I guess you are not satisfied unless you try to humiliate me with all your vast knowledge and my lack of knowledge on a subject.

Feel free not to respond to any of my future questions.

 

I can respond where I please on a public forum. It doesn't matter if you are not familiar with cars. Plain common sense would tell you that the bottom of the barrel priced part found on Ebay is no where near as dependable as OEM. How do you think they can make that part so cheap? Regardless of brand everyone knows that cheaper is not always better. It's obvious what your strategy was-to replace the part with the cheapest one that you could find.

My wife says "If you like to gamble then go ahead and try and save a buck". She knows relatively nothing about cars either and she knows better.

 

$30 for a pair? Yea, I don't need expereince with them to tell you they are crap.


There is a reason OEM is almost $100 for one.

 

They were $30 each, but I guess that's still cheap. What is a good brand for a stock daily driver Accord?

 

You're right. My strategy was to replace the part with the cheapest one IF and only IF it was a quality manufacturer. Not knowing I thought I would ask someone.

Thanks again.

 

Moog.


Moog really is the best option for someone wanting OEM quality, at a aftermarket price.


Check around for prices thought. Check Hondapartsunlimted.com, and majestic Honda.
You might be suprised by what you get them for.

 

Thanks. I really appreciate your suggestion.

 

Moog or Oem. That's it. But why are you replacing them? Ball joints?

 

Yes. I was figuring that there would be less work involved and possibly cost less. The car has 186,000 miles on it and I don't know what work has been done on the front end, so if I replaced the entire piece with bushings I was ahead of the game. What do you think?

 

stay with either moog or oem then.

 

specialty products sells good parts. we use them at work for all our suspension parts.

 

IMO the only way to replace the upper ball joint is to replace the whole UCA.

So getting a new one with fresh bushings would leave you ahead a bit.