Moral of the story, as a general maintenance recommendation, check crossmember bolts regularly, check wheel lug torque a few miles after a tire change, use oils with high zinc content, AND NEVER ORDER CRITICAL CAR PARTS FROM VICKS AUTOSPORTS OR RISK YOUR GODDAMN LIFE OVER THEIR WOEFULLY POOR QUALITY CAR PARTS. That is all.
I have their prima 3 a-arms and the Fiat 500 brake kit from them. Both parts I really like. The high caster gives you fantastic camber gain when you turn the wheels, allowing a nice close to 0 static camber point without killing off your high speed cornering grip. The brake kit gives you proven calipers. If you let them know you want both, they'll have to modify the upper a-arm to accommodate. I chose not to bring this compatibility problem to the forum because they fixed it nicely. Their customer service is perfectly fine. But their parts quality is subpar and they even admitted they can't figure out why the ball joints keep failing. But when I have a brake line burst? Yeah sorry, solitude of silence is broken. Course I'm a bad seed, I put 40k miles on my car since I bought it and installed these parts, in 3 years. Apart from that, autoricambi is my choice. I haven't had one of their parts fail yet. Haven't ordered much from Mark (Allisons) but I can't remember a single one of their parts failing either.
). There are always choices out there and I wish you all the best in your resolution. I too am a huge supporter of Autoricambi, Mark Allison, Mid West Bayless and others (people on the forum) and I feel that those that have earned my business will have continuous support both through orders and word of mouth. Those such as the Vicks of the world will eventually fade away into obscurity. 
