[spannerrash]

This is what I did with mine earlier this year. Bought a Chinese one and as the rod was the wrong length, swapped the hardware over to the original rod. I tried to swap the bushes but that didn't work out so I greased up and re-used the original ones.

It's a long way from perfect and does in fact now have quite a sloppy movement but I don't think it will come apart.

The metal bracket that is wrapped around the control arm is a little tricky as it's not quite the same shape. Not sure if it will stay on but with a bit of fiddling it went on OK.

I just figured, as a cheap solution on a car that only does a couple of thousand mls a year, it's worth a try.

It went against the grain really as I like to keep my car as original as possible. The price of an arm from tradition though was just so ridiculous it even put me off.