Forester Front Lower Arm Pair

Front Lower Arm Pair for the Subaru Forester: both front lower arms with bushes and ball joints.

Arms, bushes, drop links, bearings and steering joints. The knocks and wander people live with on older cars are usually these, and they are cheap to fix before they take the tyres with them. The Forester's FB engines use a timing chain and are dependable, and the EE20 diesel has a known crankshaft issue on early cars.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Subaru Forester, chassis code SJ and SK
• Engine: FB20 and FB25 petrol, EE20 diesel, e-Boxer
• Production dates: 2013 on
• Quality: OEM or Genuine or Quality Aftermarket
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN or chassis number and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions and market variations are common and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: a knock over bumps and a split bush at the MOT
• Labour time: about 2 hours
• Coding: none required. Fit it and drive
• Also needed: an alignment
• Torque: to spec at ride height
• Weight: about 10 kg
• Warranty: two years, unlimited mileage

What arrives

• Two arms

Fitting

Labour guide: about 2 hours. Japanese manufacturers change parts by build date and by market, and grey imports add a second layer to that. Send the VIN or chassis number with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. For imported cars send the chassis plate, because the UK registration will not tell us enough. We are an independent parts specialist for Japanese cars. We are not Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru or Mitsubishi and are not appointed by any of them; the names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. We stock genuine, OEM and quality aftermarket side by side and every listing says which is which, because the price difference is real and so, sometimes, is the quality difference.

Which version to buy

OEM is the same part made by the factory supplier, in that supplier's box. Identical in practice and usually 25 to 40 per cent cheaper than genuine. Genuine is in the manufacturer's own packaging with the manufacturer's number on it. Worth it for warranty work and a car with full dealer history. Quality Aftermarket is a respected aftermarket maker we have used ourselves. Good value, and we say where it differs from the original.