Control arm replacement price $$$

[Pirate Pete]

trim, badges, more fun, different final drive ratio, some years special wheels, usually has more upscale options, no hood ornament, different grilles often times, different design cues elsewhere.

Mine has the chrome 16 inch wheels. We're 17 inch available on the 2001 ultra or was that only available on the later models ? I seen that the ultra has vanity mirrora for the back seat passengers. I just tell my passengers they better look good before getting into my Buick 😁

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

Mine has the chrome 16 inch wheels. We're 17 inch available on the 2001 ultra or was that only available on the later models ? I seen that the ultra has vanity mirrora for the back seat passengers. I just tell my passengers they better look good before getting into my Buick 😁

those rear mirrors are nice lol...

And the 17s i believe were.

 

[Pirate Pete]

those rear mirrors are nice lol...

And the 17s i believe were.

Ok. I prefer the 16s . More rubber = more cushion in the ride. Any luck with your PA ? or are you still driving your Silverado ?

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

Ok. I prefer the 16s . More rubber = more cushion in the ride. Any luck with your PA ? or are you still driving your Silverado ?

silverado lol

 

[Pirate Pete]

silverado lol

Awwww shoot. You must really miss your PA. It needs a new trans or is it repairable? Hope you can get it rolling again. More park avenues on the road is always a better thing . In my head anyway lol. I love old GM sedans, Buicks primarily. I'll never buy a new car again.

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

Awwww shoot. You must really miss your PA. It needs a new trans or is it repairable? Hope you can get it rolling again. More park avenues on the road is always a better thing . In my head anyway lol. I love old GM sedans, Buicks primarily. I'll never buy a new car again.

A replacement transmission would be the quickest way to fix it, but im now finally saving money from paychecks (400$ and counting!) I have the hard choice of park avenue or electra. but park avenue would be nice,m but i couldnt possibly enjoy driving it till late august/september because It has no AC Lol!

I could fix it but the amount of stuff to do that.. yeah.

 

[HotZ28]

Back in 12/15/23 you said "I got about 2,400 dollars as of now saved up since I just got payed" but now you only have $400?? What happened? Is someone stealing your money?
Maybe getting a new park avenue before new years

 

[Pirate Pete]

Back in 12/15/23 you said "I got about 2,400 dollars as of now saved up since I just got payed" but now you only have $400?? What happened? Is someone stealing your money?
Maybe getting a new park avenue before new years

I think I remember her saying that her Silverado needed repairs so she probably had to dip into her saved money.

 

[BuickGirlFromMars]

Back in 12/15/23 you said "I got about 2,400 dollars as of now saved up since I just got payed" but now you only have $400?? What happened? Is someone stealing your money?
Maybe getting a new park avenue before new years

Yeah plans had to change sadly, plus some other things come up. Nothing im worried about going forward thankfully

 

[90sbuickrescue]

I just wanted to say, on the subject of these super high repair bills, it would be good if this forum had a recommended mechanic listing by state, or location in the state.

It's really messed up how everything these days is concentrating all the wealth at the top, perfect example here. A shop charges $200 an hour but only pays the mechanic $25 an hour. That's just not right. If you hire a mechanic who knows what they're doing working out of their garage or back yard, you both win. You get a way better deal and the mechanic makes a lot higher hourly wage. And they have a strong incentive to do a good job if most of their work comes from word of mouth. Not gonna lie, I need money and if anyone around here wanted me to work on their cars I would. But I, like most "shade tree" mechanics don't have an alignment rack. The way myself and everyone I know does it is install all the parts we can ourselves (including even relatively complex crap like when I fabbed everything myself to drop a 12 valve cummins in my 95 silverado) and then just pay a local shop for the alignment.

 

[Smith1000]

I just replaced my 2 upper, rear control arms on my '13 AWD LaCrosse and was quoted $600 each at the shop. The guy said the bolts often break and they have to cut them out. Fortunately, I was able to get them loose and out. Not too difficult, but it was somewhat difficult to get to the upper bolts. The new ones go in quickly. I did a front, lower control arm on it, and no rust there either, so it went pretty quick.

We replaced the lower, front control arms on our Tacoma a few months ago, and did have to cut them out, so, it took about 2 hours on one side for the removal and 1.5 hours on the other side for the removal. The installation of the new arms takes only about 30 minutes on each side. We did go through a few reciprocating saw blades on the removal. There was quite a bit of pounding on them involved in it. Not a fun job until the new ones go in and it then goes quick.

I believe the challenge is that suspension bolts are often rusted and seized, so they anticipate that up front.