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Old 12-15-2004, 02:17 PM
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Well, I finally got my springs on, thats the good news...... Just a note, don't do it by yourself, it's a pain in the *** if you don't have a lift.

Here's the bad news, went to get my alignment done, they come out of the garage and tell me it would be pointless to do the alignment because the driver side lower control arm bushing is shot, and the passenger side is following suit. Then to top it all they tell me that the bushings would be about $100 (no big deal right?) but the labor is going to be closer to 400, so this sux and i'm pissed, someone tell me how hard is it to change those bushings??
 
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Old 12-15-2004, 02:21 PM
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Not sure how hard it would be to replace the bushings, but here are aftermarket bushings that are 112 and you get the whole set, front and rear. And probably better quality than what the garage will get

http://www.modernperformance.com/dcx/energy2k.shtml
 
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Old 12-15-2004, 02:50 PM
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ur prolly right they were going to put in oem bushing straight form dealer..... Partly why i told thme no
 
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and were they just going to do the front end? if so that would definatly be a rip off especially since that kit above is for the whole suspension, front and back
 
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Old 12-16-2004, 06:24 PM
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Yeah I can't see how its $400 in labor that sounds a little high. It should not be that hard to do on your own.
 
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Old 12-17-2004, 06:12 PM
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well, if I had ever done it before or any of my friends had done it before, I would be more than willing to do it on my own, but I have no idea how to do it!
 
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Its really not that hard. You should be able to do it yourself, minus a rusted bolt or something like that.
 



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