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I'm thin enough that I was able to crawl under the rear and change them out without jacking the car up. Took about 30 minutes.

Just hit 86k-ish in mine :P ... POS is falling apart around me, I think.

I got 4x KYBs from Amazon for $200 (shipped).

Did the rear struts today as well. Ran into a weird problem that unfortunately I didn't catch before the car was already jacked up -- the two rear end links that I bought (Moog K80869) were different! Same box, same part number, etc... but one is super thick & beefy with grease fitting holes...

Yes, the holes point up & down. Also, do I really need this plastic washer? I ask that since we forgot to put it back in.

So... swapped out the front struts today and found out that the zerk grease fittings on the Ford Moog front end links don't fit. At the moment I just have a hole at the top of the link :'( Looking at putting in a set screw in there or something for now.

Oh Amazon... Received 1 front and rear strut in one package... the other two are in another package. I guess that's easier than grabbing two of the same part from the same place in stock? :|

Alrightie, ordered the strut mounts -- KYB SM5457 KYB SM5456 KYB SM5427 (x2), come with the front bearing Anything else? What bushings am I looking at replacing? I'm assuming that the coil insulators, &c can still be used...

Hey thanks! So far I've bought the following: Struts: KYB 4 Pack (KYB GR2 / ExcelG Part Numbers: 333351 333350 333276 333277) Strut Boots: KYB SB102 and KYB SB101 Rear Sway Bar Links: Moog K80869 Front Sway Bar Links: Moog K80104 (The ford escape links) Currently looking for the sway bar...

Current shopping list Struts: KYB 4 Pack (KYB GR2 / ExcelG Part Numbers: 333351 333350 333276 333277) Strut Boots: KYB SB102 and KYB SB101 Rear Sway Bar Links: Moog K80869 Front Sway Bar Links: Moog K80104 (The ford escape links) Strut mounts: KYB SM5457 KYB SM5456 KYB SM5427 (x2)...

Pretty sure it wasn't creaking like this when I got it a month ago... Trying to see what it may be and how much it may be to fix it :( Yup.. and it's actually that loud. To get it to do that, just need to rock the front end (any side) and the creaking occurs somewhere in the back.

Coils? Sorry, dumb question -- my car has been doing a similar thing I think.

My car started idling rough today and also started lurching on the freeway. Looks like people are suggesting that it's either the EGR valve or the air intake -- I've already got an air intake hose on the way since mine is definitely cracked -- but I'm thinking I'll clean the EGR valve while I'm...

How much for the front under-carriage plastic (left & right?) & the air deflector bit? I'm not 100% sure what they're called, but they're cracked & flopping on my car!

Dunno how applicable this is in this situation.

Thanks for the input guys! I had a mechanically inclined person look at it today and I pointed out a laundry list of issues with the car (mostly minor - dings, hail damage, etc, that lower the value but that I don't really care about) and talked the guy down to at least $4500 (I offered $4200)...

No, there's no warranty. I've actually only seen one used car dealership here that offers warranties on their vehicles - maybe it's not a San Antonio thing? Anyway, as best as I can tell it's one guy and his friend who own a tiny 10-car lot. They admitted to me that they had just gotten it in...

Hi guys, new to the forum -- hopefully I'll become a p5 owner pretty soon here :) I'm thinking of buying this car: CL post here This is actually a small dealership - a bit sneaky of them to do a "by owner" sale, but that's how it goes, I guess. It looks very nice on the inside, but there are...