Got my $100 check yesterday in the mail. Waiting on the upper control arms, as they are shipping them USPS because I have an APO address. I really don't need the new control arms. The ones I have look like the welds are good. Also I put oem upper control arms back in as I read somewhere its better for to do so with aftermarket Lower control arms.
I checked everything on my car a few weeks ago when I had it on a lift, even before this recall was sent out, and didn't see anything wrong with either the upper or lower control arms. I also still have my stock uppers.
Great customer service but I tend not to buy their sve brand, for some reason I just get the cheap made in China vibe. As usual you get what you pay for and will spend more for MM, Steeda etc just for my own piece of mind.
I do like LMR as a company though.
I'm thinking that's a good vibe...a couple months ago a friend of mine was trying to order the same SVE control arms from LMR and they kept saying they were on back order...so she ordered a set from Summit instead. Guess what...same box, same name on the box, same contents in the box as what I bought from LMR. Like you said though I do like them as a company, they stand by their products and guarantees no questions asked. (In this case anyway)
LMR is a great company. Them & CJPP are the only 2 big mustang sites I still actually buy things from.
With that said, a $100 check is nice... but improving Chinese made SVE products with shitty welds that will potentially fail would be better. Seems to me like some sort of compensation so that people don't complain about the product. Again, $100 doesn't fix the faulty product.
Couldn't agree more with these statements. The uppers they are supplying in return are supposed to be satisfactory but I'm willing to bet there will be no noticeable difference in them and the ones in the car now.
I do still have my Steeda aluminum lowers and stock uppers and will soon have two sets of tubular uppers. I've been thinking for a while about putting the Steeda lowers back in and selling the SVE as a set locally. Really the only reason I bought them was at that time I was getting ready to swap rear ends, and the SVE arms were on sale as a complete set for $95 shipped...so I figured sure I'll spend that money on a new set of arms for when I swap rear ends and shocks etc. They have served their purpose well since then and I have no complaints but only time will tell how long their lifespan really is.