On a significant # of cars that I have seen I have noticed that the lower control arms are bent. It seems that in many cases when a car is towed or hauled onto a carrier the operator uses recovery hooks and places them on the lower control arms. Since they weren't made to be used in that way they get damaged. On many other imported cars they have put warning labels on the LCA's to try and keep ham-handed tow truck operators from damaging undercarriage parts in this manner. This is one of the great benefits of going to a club meet and having the car inspected. In many cases it is the first time the car was ever inspected underneath. Better to find the beginnings of a problem and deal with it before it becomes catastophic. In this case I wonder if the failures of the LCA's is related to damage caused by towing. For the future try to make sure if the car is ever recovered that the tow operator uses the hooks on the frame and not the lower control arms to pull the car. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "d_rex_2002" <rich@xxxx> wrote: > The Pearce Design Stainless Lower Control Arm may be the best > "bang for the buck" when new lower control arm(s) are needed. > > As all our Deloreans continue to accumulate years and mileage, > it is important to note there are improvements that are still > being made for the Delorean by a number of Delorean vendors, > especially in the area of durability and longevity. >