Well, when I went to get my tire patched today (a small screw), I asked the guy at the tire place to check over the front end while it was up on the lift, as the car (Lacrosse in my sig) feels odd when somewhat hard braking on a bumpy surface. Sort of hard to explain. They found that one (left) control arm bushing was fairly badly worn, and the other halfway there. Also I knew that it needs a new inner tie rod end and was planning on having that done soon. The quote was:
Total vehicle alignment- $74.99
Inner tie rod end- $73.99, labor to replace this- $89 (1 hour)
MEV Control Arm X2 $298 ($149 each)--- was told that this includes ball joints
Control arm- front suspension- replace control arm- inspect balance of related components- $136 (1.6 hours of labor)
This totals $750 after tax and shop/enviro fees.
I am probably going to have my mechanic do it as he will be somewhat cheaper. But does this seem in the ballpark for 2 control arms, (incl. ball joints, and an inner tie rod end, and an alignment?)
I plan on keeping the car forever. It's got 140k miles on it.
In the past year (when I bought the car) I've replaced the:
-sway bar/stabilizer bar
-outer tie rod end (left)
-the previous owner replaced the right outer tie rod end.
Thoughts? What would you do? And this doesn't leave many old front end components other than the shocks, right?
Total vehicle alignment- $74.99
Inner tie rod end- $73.99, labor to replace this- $89 (1 hour)
MEV Control Arm X2 $298 ($149 each)--- was told that this includes ball joints
Control arm- front suspension- replace control arm- inspect balance of related components- $136 (1.6 hours of labor)
This totals $750 after tax and shop/enviro fees.
I am probably going to have my mechanic do it as he will be somewhat cheaper. But does this seem in the ballpark for 2 control arms, (incl. ball joints, and an inner tie rod end, and an alignment?)
I plan on keeping the car forever. It's got 140k miles on it.
In the past year (when I bought the car) I've replaced the:
-sway bar/stabilizer bar
-outer tie rod end (left)
-the previous owner replaced the right outer tie rod end.
Thoughts? What would you do? And this doesn't leave many old front end components other than the shocks, right?