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brookspw · #4 03-04-2008, 12:23 PM

Thanks, guys. The car only has 82k miles on it so I want to keep it maintained and run for a long time. I can do most of the "minor" repairs (I changed the wire harness, brakes, etc.) but steering items -- frankly -- I want to leave to a pro.

I'm getting a breakdown on the parts/labor.

-- When he says "drag link", he is speaking of the full tie rod assembly (left, center, right, ends, boots and all), right? He gave me a price of $667, full assembly should be approx $350 w/ markup so that's another $300 of labor.
-- When he says "lower control arms are busted" -- I'd have to assume he means the bushing kit for both sides. With markup, we'd still only be talking $200 or so in parts so the price he gave me would include $400 of labor [unless I'm missing something, this doesn't seem right especially when this will all be disassembled anyway for the rest of the items].

I am having him replace idler arm bushings, damper, drag link, lower control bushings.

I'll post when I get the breakdown. Thanks, guys. I have a certain $ to spend, and I just want to prioritize what is most important and get it done with the money I have to spend.