so my right upper control arm and bushing is getting old and has play. im planning on getting it replaced but

should i:

A) just replace the right control arm and bushing

B) replace my entire front suspension(left/right upper and lower control arms and bushings , tie rods etc..) since labor wise it would be smarter to do so since im letting my mechanic do it

HINT: i will not do it myself because suspension wise i don't feel comfortable enough to do so. only suspension i have ever messed with was the one my deen gave me in high school.

just wanted to know because my A4 2.8l has about 70k miles on it and i might as well do it right?

 

Yup do all of them. One is gone so more won't be far behind. And seriously DIY - it's very straightforward.

 

Agreed... you really can't go wrong. The hardest part is possibly a seized bolt with will be a PITA, but otherwise a walk in the park... then get an alignment, and you're good to go.

 

this is true, I just got done with my lower control arms, TRE, and struts, and that was the hardest part a single seized bolt.

 

ty fellas. ill look into the DIY might as well. i got all summer

 

Southern California and only 70K miles? I doubt you'll have a seized bolt, that thing will pratically take itself apart. I'm surprised that they're even going bad at that mileage.

 

You will only need a weekend... if it takes all summer, you shouldn't own an Audi

 

Yeah dude suspension work is pretty much the simplest maintenance, all you need is the tools and a little patience. You'll definitely save a lot of money this way. Ecs tuning has deals on lower control arm packages right now btw.

 

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ontrol-Arm-Kit

 

Hello there, I'll give you some prices on those control arms. These are OEM with bushings but not the hardware. I can add that later if you are interested. The uppers are all 99.00 each for left and rights. You'd need 4 at that price. The 2 lower fronts are 161.25 each, and the 2 lower rears are 176.25 each. If I don't have them in stock I can get them in a couple of days. I'd need your vin to double check that part numbers but I was going off a non sport suspension vehicle, non S4.

Any questions please ask, thank you. Jeff. On quote 80544, if you call in this will help us answer questions a bit faster.