thechoochlyman
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Took the B4 in for an alignment last weekend without good news. The car wants to pull to the right and has been that way for a while now. It seems to have gotten slightly worse over the last year, but it initially started doing it after a black ice incident about a year ago.
My trusted alignment guy showed me a few glaring issues - loose right tie rod, loose right rear lower control arm bushing (allowing the wheel to get pushed back), and bent struts from what he could tell (I already have a slightly used loaded pair I can install). On top of this, my front rotors have over 100k miles on them and are due to be replaced.
Looking back on the PO's maintenance, both complete tie rods were replaced around 105k miles ago. I'm obviously going to replace both struts because I think it's necessary, but how far should I go with the front end? Should I replace the entire control arm or just the bushings? Should I only do one side or both? Should I replace both tie rods or just the loose one? Should I do the ball joints while I'm in there?
Obviously, replacing everything on both sides would be the best option. But I'm afraid I'm short on both time and money for that kind of undertaking.
My trusted alignment guy showed me a few glaring issues - loose right tie rod, loose right rear lower control arm bushing (allowing the wheel to get pushed back), and bent struts from what he could tell (I already have a slightly used loaded pair I can install). On top of this, my front rotors have over 100k miles on them and are due to be replaced.
Looking back on the PO's maintenance, both complete tie rods were replaced around 105k miles ago. I'm obviously going to replace both struts because I think it's necessary, but how far should I go with the front end? Should I replace the entire control arm or just the bushings? Should I only do one side or both? Should I replace both tie rods or just the loose one? Should I do the ball joints while I'm in there?
Obviously, replacing everything on both sides would be the best option. But I'm afraid I'm short on both time and money for that kind of undertaking.