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Old May 14, 2017 | 11:07 PM
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Is anyone making bushing replacements? Mine are squeezing out and coming apart on the lower control arm locations.
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Old May 18, 2017 | 12:47 PM
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Gm makes the t1 control arms which have better bushings. Try Phoniex racing, they wave a c7 and probably have a solution
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Do you have pictures of them? It would be interesting to see what you are seeing. I haven't had lca bushings push out since I traded my 97 for an 03Z. On my 97 the control arms were starting to damage the cradle when I changed them.

If your car is under warranty I would let GM replace them and then worry about another solution when the replacements started having issues. You might find you won't need to spend money on it before you sell the car.

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