The upper and lower control arms on my Porsche Cayenne are shot after only 75k miles and are in need of replacement. Since I wasn’t happy with the longevity of the factory units, I decided to go with a set of aftermarket control arms from Mevotech, who claims their control arms are “overbuilt”. Are they? You be the judge…
If you own a VW Touareg or Audi Q7 this video should help you since these cars are built on the same platform.
All Mevotech supreme parts have a part number that begins with “MS”. All of the part numbers starting with “GS” are their cheaper economy parts that aren’t “overbuilt”. You can get the exact parts that I used at the links below:
Upper Control Arms: https://amzn.to/2yANv5Z
Left Lower Control Arm: https://amzn.to/2CKWKDH
Right Lower Control Arm: https://amzn.to/2Avx3FN
Stabilizer End Links: https://amzn.to/2OWNLqa
Diverter Valves: https://amzn.to/2JmedUj
Ball Joint Removal Tools: https://amzn.to/2ObpYNW
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I know this video is very long, sorry! I wanted to make sure this video was detailed enough to help the DIY'ers who are still learning. Hopefully this video will give them the confidence they need in order to complete the job and save a boat load of money! Good luck!
All Mevotech supreme parts have a part number that begin with "MS". All of the part numbers starting with "GS" are Mevotech's cheaper economy line that aren't "overbuilt". You can get the exact parts that I used at the links below:
Upper Control Arms: https://amzn.to/2yANv5Z
Left Lower Control Arm: https://amzn.to/2CKWKDH
Right Lower Control Arm: https://amzn.to/2Avx3FN
Stabilizer End Links: https://amzn.to/2OWNLqa
Diverter Valves: https://amzn.to/2JmedUj
Ball Joint Removal Tools: https://amzn.to/2ObpYNW
My other Cayenne DIY videos can be found here: http://bit.ly/2NvBE1n
What a satisfying job
Nice Video, what year is your Cayenne?
Really having a hard time finding the torque specs for this job. I'm in the middle of it now. I have the manual and I can't seem to find them. Any chance you could steer me to a list of the torque specs you used to do this job?
My cayenne s 2004 Head Gascat Blown. I have no clue what to do. do you have any video about it.
Any way all video are very heplful and music awesome.
Great video, thanks for sharing! Just bought a v10 Touareg that needs this TLC (clunk when accelerating hard) and enjoy having a video guide how-to.
How are the Mevotech parts holding up?
I'm about to tackle this project hopefully this week. Is it possible to replace these parts without removing the air strut?
Hey Dan, I finally collected all the Mevotech parts to do upper and lower control arms, end links, shocks and struts (Bilstein) all around on my 2006 Cayenne S. I bailed on the DIY labor and instead entrusted my 139k mile baby to a local "reputable" shop. Bad news…after the job was done and while checking the air in my front tires I noticed the 4 bolts on the LF shock mount were loose! A little concerned about driving around like that I immediately used a 13mm ratchet to tighten them up. But does that often happen, where all 4 nuts wiggle loose after suspension work? The right side bolts all were tight. I'm thinking these guys just missed the final torque down.
Been thinking about this more.. I've noticed a handful of weird things with my 05 CTT. The two most prevalent issues are 1) under "quick" or "rapid" braking at relatively low speed it feels like my brakes come loose! and 2) I notice on highway at 65mph+ it pull rights. Thats AFTER a full alignment.. I wonder if replacing all of this would fix those issues..
Thanks for posting – great video and very informative. I have same car.
Awesome video. Seriously, super helpful. I was wondering, since its been a few months since the repair, how the parts are holding up? Any reoccurrence of creaks and groans from the suspension?