A little background - I have a 2014 Mustang GT, bought new in 2014. Car has just over 45k miles on it. Recently I had been hearing this weird noise when turning the steering wheel at low speeds, and it seemed to happen more consistently in cold weather. Basically when turning in and out or parking spots for the most part. I took it to my normal dealer that I get it serviced at (Jerry's Ford Alexandria VA) to get the tires rotated and to have the noise checked out. I dropped it off this morning and a little while ago the dealer called me to say that the noise is coming from the front lower control arms and swaybar links. He said they need to replace all of those + the hex nuts and they want to charge me $1,200 bucks + another 129 to do an alignment.
My current suspension mods are koni orange shocks and struts, lowered on Roush springs in front, SR springs in the rear, J&M caster camber plates (front suspension was installed and had an alignment by JPC at about 35k miles). I also have Whiteline rear lower control arms and panhard rod. The car has been great on the current suspension setup for the most part, no issues with bottoming out, plenty fun to drive and not too stiff.
My current suspension mods are koni orange shocks and struts, lowered on Roush springs in front, SR springs in the rear, J&M caster camber plates (front suspension was installed and had an alignment by JPC at about 35k miles). I also have Whiteline rear lower control arms and panhard rod. The car has been great on the current suspension setup for the most part, no issues with bottoming out, plenty fun to drive and not too stiff.
- I guess what I'm wondering is, given the mileage and mods, does needing to replace front control arms sound normal or at least not out of the ordinary?
- And if so, does it make sense to upgrade the front control arms and swaybar links?
- Is an alignment needed again after replacing these parts?