Hmmm... some help please?

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Apon inspecting my car (Pa safety inspection) my mechanic noticed that my front control arms bushings were cracking around the screws. I intend to replace them, but here's my question. Should I just replace the bushings, or should I just get all new control arms like these...http://www.pdm-racing.com/prod....htmlWhich would be cheaper, and how long is this gonna take? ALSO... should I get a sway bar too? I dont race, my car is just my DD for now.


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Camel
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Sway bars will generally help with body roll, especially when replacing the factory ones with real solid ones like the whitelines. Did the inspector say you had bad control arm bushings or bad control rod bushings? Tension control rod bushings are usually the first to go. It is definately cheaper to just get the bushings, but if you don't plan to pull the arms yourself then take them to a shop to be pressed, you would be better off with the whole control arm. Too bad PDM doesn't offer a "core charge" on these.


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