Start with the tires, a bad front end part's first toll is on tires. Usually, the first thing one notices when the front end parts are going 'north,' is the way their car handles. It begins to handle, shake, pull one way or the other or hop around because of the tires.

Rub your hand around the circumference of the tires, or rather, the tread. If you feel the tread is running up and down then you have a shock problem. Look for missing balance weights inside and outside of the rim.

Have em balanced and rotated.

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