My 2008 GT needs new control arms/bushings all around

[Badass2000GT]

With the quote I was given, that wouldn't even cover the front.

There has to be more to the story. I called up there talk to the service advisor I go to saying I have a fried that has a 2008 GT and he wanted all the control arms on the car replace. And thats the price he gave me.

[Whiteboy]

I have the stock rear lower control arms off my 20k 2011 5.0 $25 bucks!!

[klousgt]

If you want any help changing the LCA's, let me know if you're not too far from McKinney

Thanks, but I think I'm going to go aftermarket. Something that has a greese nipple on it.

Something like these, unless some other recommendations come in.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/bmr-lca-poly-0512.html

As for the front. I'm not even noticing anything wrong with the front of the car, no popping, noises or anything. So I'm not sure what I will do there. I don't have a lot of confidence that they weren't just trying to run up the cost on me.

[Mach1]

I don't recommend poly bushings, ever, after my experience with them, also they bind in the LCA's you should get something that articulates easily.

[klousgt]

I don't recommend poly bushings, ever, after my experience with them, also they bind in the LCA's you should get something that articulates easily.

Any recommendations?

[talisman]

i've got a set of stock LCA's for a s197 that I will give away

I have the stock rear lower control arms off my 20k 2011 5.0 $25 bucks!!

Tough choice there. Lol

[klousgt]

There has to be more to the story. I called up there talk to the service advisor I go to saying I have a fried that has a 2008 GT and he wanted all the control arms on the car replace. And thats the price he gave me.

Just got home and looked at the repair estimate. You are right there is more going on, but not much more. There was an extra $407 on there for I'm not really sure. Remember I brought the car in to the dealership with the complaint about the left rear lower control arm squeaking.

Here is the total quote:
They want to "replace the rear left control arm" at 2.0 hours for $628
The right rear at 2.0 hours for $518

They also want to replace the "Both front stabilizer and links + bar bushings" at 2.5 hours for $407
In this case I'm not even sure what this part of the estimate wanting to fix, Remember I brought it in to the dealership because the left rear control arm was squeaking.

Replace both lower control arms at 4.0 hours for $1120

Total is $2673 but he adds it up to $2697.10

So even if you remove the extra $407 for the "Front stabilizers and links+Bar bushings" that's still a quote for $2266 to replace the front and rear lower control arms.

[LS1Goat]

That quote is ridiculous. It's a super easy install.

I don't recommend poly bushings, ever, after my experience with them, also they bind in the LCA's you should get something that articulates easily.

That's not always the case. I had a set of Hotchkis with Poly bushings. Never heard a peep out of them or had any binding issues. Thoroughly greasing the bushings and the mounting surface before installation, makes all the difference. I used Prothane SuperGrease from Jegs.