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I was backing up out of the parking lot at my work, when I heard a good creak from my front right suspension. I put it up on the hoist at the end of the day and started pulling on stuff. I first found my rear sway bar bushings were both a bit sloppy, and then I yanked on the front cradle and right away found the little links from the lower strut mount to the forward control arm were squeaking. I tried pulling back the dust boot and spraying some chassis grease in it, but it was still noisy. Maybe it's just the temperature change and it's just temporary, but I'm so picky about my car I'll replace both anyway.

Anyway, my question is; when I call around to find these front links, what do I call them? To me, they are "lower strut mount - to - control arm" links, but something tells me people won't know what that is. Also where the joint attaches to the control arm it looks like there is part of the joint inside the arm, and I may have to replace the arm as well. Can anyone confirm?

And one last thing, if I want to put polyurethane bushings on the rear sway bar, what's a good manufacturer and what #s do I need?

Thanks a lot in advance guys! Once I get the parts I'll make a tutorial on the installation side of things

the peice at the bottom of the strut that connect to the control arm?? Figure 8 bushing/arm..i dont think your gonna be able to find one here very easy. Maybe get in contact with Fensport.co.uk and see how much it would be to ship to you. Or call Toyota World in Texas, but get ready to wait.

As for the swaybar bushings, measure up the bar size and gimme a call. I get both Energy suspension and prothane and ill hook you up with some 6GCer pricing. 905-574-6940. I'm working from 10-5 on saturday and 10-6 on monday. Ask for Bryan

This post has been edited by Valo666: Mar 5, 2010 - 7:02 PM

Cool, thanks mate!

I'll give my importer a call tomorrow and he should be able to get me a pair of 'em pretty quick. I'm going down south this week so I won't be needing this stuff very quickly anyway.

I'll give you a ring about those bushings tomorrow... also does anyone know if I need to get lower control arms with these figure 8s?

This post has been edited by OnAllFours: Mar 5, 2010 - 7:10 PM

those figure of 8 are pretty expensive.

sounds good, but yea, njccmd2002 is right, they are pricey. Fensport is sellin em for £102.50 each. You don't need to change the control arms if you dont want to. If they look alright, you just need to replace the link + the cotter pin and castel nut.

http://www.fensport.co.uk/Parts/Model_19/Category_2/1056

gives you a better prespective of what the link looks like.

Also, looks like the oem swaybar size is a 17mm. So for a set of energy suspension ones non-greaseable, your cost would be $23.79 + tax. If you want me to order them, lemme know.

Try TCBparts or cheaptoyotaparts. The fig8s can be had for about £80, its the lower arm #1 that will cost a small fortune, near £300 each. They are easy to replace though with the correct tool. should take about 45mins a side. I wrote a "How To" for the GT4OC but this site wont let me add attachments.

Awesome guys! Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it. I figured they'd be pricey, but w/e.