Ok so I got the driver's side upper control arm in the mail today. My mechanic is going to charge me $220 to install it. I was wondering how REALISTIC is it to try to do it myself. I have absolutely no experience doing any major auto repairs. All I have done is change my fuel filters and my air filter mounts. I have read a lot of material and it seems doable but I'm afraid of running into any major problems. The installation would need to be done in 1 day because I have to move my car from opposite sides of street parking since the city cleans them every day.

I have the money to pay the mechanic but working on the car myself will be much more rewarding. Plus... I could put the money towards buying more tools.

What do you think? Say if you were new at working on cars. Would you do it? How much experience did you have when you installed your first upper control arm?

digi

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1984 300td euro turbo