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Beware of some of the Ebay Bushings, some have got bad ones. I replaced the bushings in mine, but don't know where I bought them, the uppers lasted 3,000 miles and were cracked and off center. Since I didn't know for sure where to buy good bushings, but heard the ones in the complete arms were ok, I replaced them with the new arms. The boots on the lower ball joints I bought from C Obert for a premium price are cracked and leaking after 5,000 miles and three years. My car isn't driven hard is stored inside and the proper procedures were followed for tourqing. Performance Fiat sells a Polly set for a good price, but I was concerned about transferring more shock to the allready marginal crossmember, although if I have any more issues, I'll go that way. Not to bash our vendors, but if they are seling sub-par parts I think we owe it to ourselves to let them and each other know, I like to spend the little free time I have driving my Fiat, not doing the same repairs over and over. The bushings and boots, a crummy fitting Niehoff dist rotor and shoddy rebuilt A-1 Cardone calipers are the only parts that I remember being unhappy with, (at least that I can remember at the moment).
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