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Hey All,

got a bit of a problem with my R32 GTST, it chewed through a pair of Firehawk tyres on the frontend in about 6-7 thousand km's. When I had them replaced last week I could see the steel inners of the tyre starting to show on the outside of the tyre but the inside was not nearly as badly worn.

The fella at tyre power pro put the car up on the hoist and told me the front end it pretty much rooted, all the bushes and ball joints are badly worn or worse, and a second opinion told me the right stub axle has damage consistent with a head on collision somewhere in the cars life (evidently the bloke I bought the car from is probably a liar).

have been quoted between 1300 and 1400 to get the upper control arm bushes replaced and the stub axle replaced but that seems very high. I’ve asked the mechanic for a printed breakdown of what work will be done and cost of parts but he never got back to me.

what would my other options be? does anyone have a front end they would sell me? How have other people dealt with this problem in the past?

I'm sick of getting the run around and need a solution asap before the new tyres are wasted aswell.

thanks.

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Been looking around on the web this morning and have found genuine upper control arms for $270 each, or a full bush replacement set for $270 from uniqueautosports.com.au

anyone have any experience with self installing/driving with the polyurethane bushes? I have a press at home.

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