I apologise if this has been covered before but my FFRR with 110,000 miles failed due to excessive play on the front offside lower arm ball joint. Having now got past the age when I could tackle such jobs myself, decided to research a few options. Seems logical to replace both sides with new arms as according to main dealer at the last service, the bushes have also deteriorated. Question is, do I go for a cheap option at c. £30 per arm or something like Bearmach or Delphi at c. £40 or take a deep breath & fit genuine LR at c. £168 each. The other option would be to just get new ball joints & bushes fitted to the existing LR arms although I suspect the labour cost of this option could well outweigh the cost of new complete arms. Local garage could do either job & would also replace the bolts as per LR recommendation. I suspect the tie rod arm bushes/joints may also need replacing shortly so cost is an issue.
Any constructive comments appreciated - thanks.
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