With no offence meant to the traders,I don't think they are bothered as long as replacement arms are available for then to supply or supply and fit.There are aftermarket arms available (quality unknown) for which balljoints have obviously been obtained from another source other than Nissan.
With respect I do not think that is the case.
The traders on here are very much bothered and we do our level best to serve you guys with quality products at huge savings and at times you have us jumping through hoops.
I find your comments offensive and uncalled for
So just to be clear:
The ball joint for the compression rod is not available on its own and if this ball joint fails, then you have no option but to purchase a complete new compression rod.
Alex.
I find your reply quite offensive,and no offence was intended by me I can assure you.
How much research have you put into the matter?
If,for instance,an engineering firm could be found who would recondition the arms with a suitable balljoint sourced elsewhere at say £100 each for a bulk order and a trader could order a batch to be made and sell them at,say, £150 each then that indeed would be a better service.By far the the highest value in the item must be the alloy arm itself,and this bit is perfectly serviceable yet is thrown in the scrap bin at the moment.
If you read my earlier post you would see that I had suggested as much but agreed that it might not be possible because such an exercise might cost out at more that the new arms anyway,in which case I would totally agree with you.
...and might I offer you some advice that it's not best business practice to get on your high horse unnecssarily with people like me who have already spent good money with you.
If it's so easy speedwell why don't you do it ?
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You come over as a bit of a tit TBH ... let me have your engineering qualifications and I might back your idea