Yeah when I paid for the struts and shocks replacements for the front I paid about $1100. They were charging me another $980ish for just the control arms.
the mechanic back with my parents charged me $800 for upper and lower control arms
Yes this is a PP1. I haven’t done much to the car except as mentioned ^, I don’t believe it has a chassis bracing? I’m going to get it aligned today and see if that changes anything.
Do you lift the car and torque or do you do it when it’s on the ground? The first shop told me that it’ll keep spinning regardless which for some reason I didn’t believe because the passenger strut nut didn’t give me that problem.
So then the shop just doesn’t want to warranty the work then, and that’s what I suspected.
i don’t think I have camber plates? I have 0.5” spacers I believe; the top nut has been marked with blue paint marker and I looked at it last night and they haven’t moved. I do recall though that the last...
Hey everyone,
so I’ve been dealing with this problem for quite some time now. Earlier this year in January I got my front struts, strut mounts, and sway bar end links (adjustable pedders for end links) replaced with OEM. Then, in August I got my front lower and upper control arms replaced with...
What’s up everyone, first time poster here, so I live in San Diego, CA, and I’m looking for suggestions or thoughts for these topics:
1) shop for lowered car for alignment (bears alignment could not do it).
2) suspension shop
3) transmission shop
4) tuner for spirited driving, etc.
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