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Hi I would like to know where is a place that, I can get the front lower control arms bushings for my 01 civic coupe at besides the honda dealer.... They want $310 installed. Thanks.

 
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do it yerself...

just cuz you get the part from the dealership does not mean you have to let them do the work...
you can also order it from prettymuch any auto parts store (autozone, kregen, pepboys, ect...)
or online through www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/ , ebay.com

if you need tools you dont have most auto parts stores also rent tools.. (jackstand, whatever)

however if doing it yerself is out of the question... prettymuch any garage in yer area will do it..

 
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the cheapest and easiest way would be to remove your lower control arm and bring it along with the new bushings to a shop and have them press out the old and in the new. that is why its expensive at the dealer, the control arm has to come out. unless you have a press, you arent doing it yourself, or that easy if you try to remove the bushings yourself.

 
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had to pretty much remove everything to do it. rotor has to come off and the CV has to be compressed back and pushed over to the side to get to the bushing. sway bae endlinks have to be unbolted to drop the control arm.

getting the bushing out, well, that took a hammer and chisel-type- tuning-fork- looking tool. It's totally DIY, but a total PITA. It was work doing myself in the end.

 
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I bought the part from the dealership and had a local shop do the work. I would NOT recommend you do this yourself unless you are very mechanicall inclined. Taking your control arm out is simple enough, but removing and pressing in a new bushing is gonna be pretty hard. Plus you're gonna have to take it in for an alignment right after anyway. The shop I went to gave me an excellent deal on the labour and a break on the alignment cost,