The FE1 and FE3 are functionally equivalent. I have used both, never noticed a difference. Are you racing the car? If not get what you can afford. The cast aluminum arms came from the factory. The pressed steel ones will fit and work, came on Cobalts.

The basic difference in the prices is the guarantee. Not the materials.

The ones you cited earlier are the ones I installed 2 weeks ago.

Is that double check enough?

 

Just to be sure. You have a 2LT, with the 2.4 engine. Those are the ones with the FE3 suspension.
Also. To be sure, it will have FE3 listed on the glovebox RPO sticker.

 

Yes mine is the 2.4L fe3 2LT. Thank you :)

 

Fe1 or Fe3 have different handling , so, different springs and shocks and struts for the ride but they have the same LCA's

 

Well resurfacing the rotors took almost all of the shaking away, but it was good to put all the new parts on, and the lower control arms are on the way.

 

So I tried to install the lower control arms today, but the bushing was a 1/4 of an inch too tall, but everything else was correct. So I don't know if they pressed on the wrong bushing or what. I'm waiting for there reply, hopefully I can get the correct ones soon.

 

They can be a tight fit. But a quarter inch is too much, did you measure or just a fit?

The pair I installed from Prime Choice recently had CAK 856 on the box, along with reference numbers K620292 and MS50114. Those numbers are "pair" numbers, but the MS50173 & MS50174 numbers sound familiar from the last time I did it.

 

I tried putting it in, thinking everything was fine but when it could not fit I measured the old one and the new one. The old one was 2 inches tall and the new one is 2 1/4 inches tall.
And I was able to get the old one back in no problem for work tomorrow.

 

So I called them and they said that the ones I got are the right ones and that they will all be the same. So if they are 2 1/4 and won't fit my car is it a mistake because you said it fit your car just wondering.
I also called on a replacement bushing and they measure 2 inch no matter the year. So I'm confused. Please let me know. :)

 

Did you get MS50174 & MS50174? I just went out and measured my old ones 2" and checked the box for part numbers.

What is on the boxes?