Dealer says A4 needs new $1600 Ball joints every 30k?!

[docwyte at comcast.net]

You can buy a *complete* set of control arms for the A4/S4's now for under $500.  Definately worth doing them all at once rather than one at a time, much more cost effective...

-josh

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> I had to replace two of the front control arms on our old 99.5 A4- at 
> the cost of around $800. The bushings wear out and the suspension 
> clunks. I've heard that if you let it go, it can get worse to the 
> point of something bad happening. This was on a 50k mile car. 
> 
> We did not get a recall letter about this- I think the recall was only 
> for much earlier build cars. 
> 
> Taka 
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