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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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Ball joints/tie rods

Getting ready to do my upper/lower ball joints and tie rods, is it better to just buy replacement control arms and get the bushings already compressed. Or just rebuild the stockers?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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holy cow, they have already gone bad on a 2003 model?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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For all the trouble, I would just get the new arms and bolt them in. It just depends on how much time you have, how much money you are trying to save, and whether you have the tools to do the job. Good luck!
 
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 02:11 AM
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unfortunately yea, got alot of slop in the front end and had a buddy check it out for me. Its also my daily driver with 59, 500 on the clock...Anyway has anyone used the moog replacement uppers? Didnt see any lower replacements yet. uppers moog's were 67 from summit
 
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 04:41 AM
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for the uppers you have to replace the arm as thats how they come, i already looked into it.
 
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