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      10-08-2010, 08:14 PM   #5
binaryagent
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Originally Posted by albo View Post
My advice is not to reuse the old control arm. The ball joints also go bad and then you double your work. I tried that on my E39 and it was a mistake that I did not repeat on the E38.
This car has 60K miles on it and my budget is very limited. All in all, this fix cost me about $270. Not only that but I've got a stack of chores waiting and this job had to get done. Most likely I'll sell this car before the ball joints ever go bad. <mitch crosses fingers>
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