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Old Dec 18, 2012 | 05:20 AM
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suspension feels crappy

I have an 03 max SE and the ride quality is becoming a serious problem for me.
recently took my car to a shop and i was told my control arm bushing were no good. They didnt tell me anything about my struts because i told them i recently replaced them; less then 2 years.... OEM struts.. also my front motor mount is bad. So my question is what will be better for me to do. Replace the complete control arm or just replace the bushings. Energy suspension sells bushing... does anyone recommend es bushing??? and as far as the front motor mount where should i get that from... ebay as a ton for sale. I installed a es motor mount before and the vibration in the cabin of them car was unbearable so i went for an aftermarket mount and it broke obvious.
Need some advice with upgrading my bushings
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 05:49 AM
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replace the bushings so you know exactly what you have in your control arms... most of the aftermarket control arms have nothing else but crappy parts in them which mean you will be better off not replacing at all... ES Bushings have good reviews here on the .org
as far as the motor mount goes you will "gain" the vibration in the car so to avoid that just replace with OEM
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 06:50 AM
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I would get the ES LCA bushings and if the vibration was to much get a OEM motor mounts from courtestynissanparts the Manual ones should be under a 100 a piece....
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 07:11 AM
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thanks
Old Dec 18, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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Contact djfrestyl hes got a whole suspension thread going strong
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