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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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how hard

is it to change out front control arms? ive never done it before but i used to do general maint. on cars for 2 years im just wondering on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard it is to do?

btw i did use the search and i only found facts about our suspension
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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isnt too hard man should only be a 2-3 hour job if your doin it in your garage
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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thanks bro..i just found out that my ball joint is loose and dont wanna pay someone else to do it
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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not hard at all...about 4 bolts you need to remove..then wiggle it out..gonna take a little force..
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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when my ball joint was loose i just bought a new ball joint and cut the rivots that hold the stock one on and then put bolts through the holes to hold it and it only cost me 40 bucks
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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when my ball joint was loose i just bought a new ball joint and cut the rivots that hold the stock one on and then put bolts through the holes to hold it and it only cost me 40 bucks
for real? where did u get the ball joint at? how long did it take and is it better to do that other than get a whole control arm?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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from like a checker or autozone and it took me about an hour to cut the rivets and then just installed the new one and called it a day
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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from like a checker or autozone and it took me about an hour to cut the rivets and then just installed the new one and called it a day
is it still holding up?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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of course lol!
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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Dude, it is only like 4 bolts...
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