My 2008 GT needs new control arms/bushings all around

[klousgt]

I have 2008 Mustang GT with 68000 miles.

Took my car to Sam Pack Ford in Carrollton this Saturday for a squeak coming from the left rear lower control arm front bushing. They told me I needed new control arms all around front and back.(since the bushings were part of the control arm, they couldn't just replace the bushings) and it would be $2600

This seems outrageous to me, especially after seeing videos online of how seemingly easy the rear ones are replaced. Not sure I would want to tackle the front myself. So I'm looking for a shop that will do the front and community opinion on what is a fare price for the front control arms to be replaced.

For the rear I was looking at these:

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

All advice welcome.

[talisman]

lmao! Wow. Yeah, that should be an easy job. Must have been a slow day in service and someone was worried about their mortgage payment.

[HECDOGGIE]

Time for an upgrade !

[Venom]

LCA's are stupidly easy to do. Get a jack, some stands and tools and get to it. There are plenty of write ups online if you get lost. 2 hour job tops.

[Venom]

I also doubt the fronts even need replacing. If you want yo do it PM greenbullitt.

[bjtheman1]

Holy hell that's absurd! I changed out the lower control arms on my 07 and it wasn't bad at all. I went with the J&M ones on American Muscle for $100, took me about 2 hrs or so.

[klousgt]

lmao! Wow. Yeah, that should be an easy job. Must have been a slow day in service and someone was worried about their mortgage payment.

I don't doubt it. On top of that my only other service request was to replace a burned out blinker bulb, something I'd been meaning to do for weeks but figured it would save time to have them do it since I had already put it off so long.

They charged me 2$ for the bulb and 38$ for labor. Okay, that's expected. Convenience tax.

Plus $114 dollars diagnostics fees. Not sure if that was tied to the lightbulb or squeaky lower control arm or all the other looking I didn't ask them to do. I told them what was causing the squeak when I brought it in. I specifically told them I could hit the front bolt of the lower control arm with spray lubricant and the issue would stop. So I knew it was the lower control arm front bushing causing the squeak.

I won't be doing any further business with them.

[Lone Star Performance]

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

[Shaggin Wagon]

Who quoted you that?

[klousgt]

Who quoted you that?

Kevin Moody, I dropped my car off with him Saturday Morning at 7am. He agreed to call me with a quote. I called at noon, left a message for him. I called back at 2pm because I still hadn't heard from him. That's when he gave me the $2600 quote. I told him to not do any of that work that I was going to shop it around, and I would be there to pick it up soon.

When I arrived 15 or 20 minutes later, the car wasn't even ready to go(The cashier didn't have the ticket, or keys).

[EW]

I don't see that car needing all those control arms/bushings at 68K.

[Badass2000GT]

Funny. I just called up there and replacing all the control arms and an alignment it's 1320 out the door.

[Shaggin Wagon]

Service depts are usually way expensive . They like to ripped our heads off too. A jack and some friends will get the job done.

[klousgt]

Funny. I just called up there and replacing all the control arms and an alignment it's 1320 out the door.

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

[Mach1]

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