Well, you can find all those parts online for a hell of a lot cheaper I would think. Ball Joints on my 190E were only like 30 bucks a piece and each steering arm with tie-rods are only 20 bucks a piece with the center being 30! Those 3 pieces you could do yourself as well then get it aligned afterward to get them set properly. The tie-rods are a bit harder to do yourelf but they can be done. Same with the idler arm bushing. As for the shocks and struts, it took me an hour to do the shocks and an hour to do the struts myself. If they are not coil overs they are pretty easy to do. Anyway, I would definetely get a second opinion on if the control arms are even needed. When mine wandered it was the ball joints and the idler arm bushing. Yeah the control arm bushing look like they will need to be replaced sometime, but they are not making any noises and most likely have nothing to do with the way your car is handling. As for the brakes it cost me like 50-60 in parts for the pads all around and took me an hour to do all four. If you have some mechanical abilities you may want to try to do some stuff yourself to save on the labor costs. And never buy parts from the dealer if you can find them elsewhere. Most of the time the parts I get online are half what the local stealership charges.

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~Jamie
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2003 Pewter C230K SC C1, C4, C5, C7, heated seats, CD Changer, and 6 Speed. ContiExtremes on the C7's.

1986 190E 2.3 Black, Auto, Mods to come soon.....