Blwn_by_Twins

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Got some Strange DA's in yesterday and am just waiting for the upper control arms to come in. Already have lower A arms. What all wear prone things should I replace while doing theswap? Car has 131k and a sqeeks a lot in the front.

Blwn_by_Twins

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Anyone?

BMR Sales2

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Make sure all the poly-urethane bushings on the aftermarket parts are all lubed really well or the will squeak. Another squeak prone area is the front sway bar bushings, if you have poly urethane bushings lube them up and if they are stock spray some WD40 and if it temporarily goes away that will be your issue.

Blwn_by_Twins

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Thx Kyle. No more front sway so I'm good there. I'm wondering if the shock mount will need replaced or not. Guess I'll have to wait til they're apart to find out.

BMR Sales2

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No problem, let us know what you find.

jam01

if your doing shocks, i would find another set of shock mounts. mine were rusted to the shock shaft, while i did end up getting them to separate, they were torn and no good so i bought a pair from gm.

Element

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Upper shock mounts might be something to check - having recently pulled mine at 86k, both sides needed replaced. I also picked up replacement coil spring insulators (the rubber-coated metal piece that sits inside the upper shock mount). RockAuto and Amazon have them both for (relatively) reasonable prices, compared to what the dealer quoted me. One thing to note - I bought Moog upper spring mounts, and neither the left nor right side mounts came with proper hardware to attach them to the car; both the nuts and bolts were wrong (and different sizes for the passenger and driver side, too). The Moog coil spring insulators I picked up came with the proper replacement hardware, though.

Might also check inner and outer tie rod ends; at 86k, both sets of inner and outer tie rods were shot on my car.