upper control arms w/o ball joint?

1969dodgedartgt said
hey guys,
I made the mistake of pressing my upper ball joints out of my stock upper control arms. Now I'm worried that the threads on the upper control arm are not strong enough and am looking for new control arms.

The thing is that I already have a new pair of upper ball joints (small ones I think) and all the upper control arms I"m seeing, from firmfeel, rms, hotchkis, etc. come with ball joints. I dont see the need to spend money on something I already have....

Is there any place I can buy decent (not soo expensive) upper control arms without ball joints ?

Thanks

I was in your same position a year or so ago. I had some New PST BJ's and my UCA's threading was toast. Here's what I did so you know what NOT to do:

I bought the new OE Style Re-pops off of Ebay, took those BJ's out, and put my new ones in. Even though they torqued down, the cheap metal gave way on the highway and my ball joint popped out.