Control arm cost - does this sound right?
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Control arm cost - does this sound right?
My car's been making a metal tap noise when I go over bumps on the front right, and also has had a more muffled creaking when slightly turning left, also coming from the front right.
So I got the verdict today from the shop (I am not mechanically inclined). They said it was a bad control arm and the cost to replace it would total $370. $230 for the part, the rest for labor + alignment.
Does this sound reasonable?
So I got the verdict today from the shop (I am not mechanically inclined). They said it was a bad control arm and the cost to replace it would total $370. $230 for the part, the rest for labor + alignment.
Does this sound reasonable?
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Originally Posted by Intragration
How old is your car, how many miles, and what kind of mods?
I'm not super-versed on suspension stuff, but it's possible that it's something much simpler, like a bushing or a strut. Either way, that kinda sounds expensive.
I'm not super-versed on suspension stuff, but it's possible that it's something much simpler, like a bushing or a strut. Either way, that kinda sounds expensive.
At first they thought it was a bushing, and that's what it was going in for today originally to get done, but then they said it needed a new control arm.
I'll take it to another place next week when I get a chance because it sounded pretty expensive. What they told me was that if the previous owners hit something hard on that side it could have caused the problem, but I will get a 2nd opinion since it's a near $400 fix and I don't want to be mistaken on something like that.