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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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Default Need some advice on control arms/kits etc

Hey I've been researching different possibilities concerning control arms on my Audi A4 and was just curious if I could get some opinions on what to do.
1. A control arm kit with all new arms and everything but tend to be quite expensive
2. A control arm bushing replacement seems to be the cheapest solution but i dont have a shop press and what if the rubber boot around the arm ball joint is shot? How do you replace that?
3. A random question: Which control arms are the most important to be replaced?
If you guys could give me some insight on this, it'd be greatly appreciated.
 
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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They all are important, and you can get a full kit from FCP Groton for a couple hundred bucks. A lot of us use their kit happily.
 
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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The full kit from FCP looks to be a pretty good deal! Thanks for the help.
 
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