My son's 7 has 120,000 miles on it and we are getting around to the suspension. Pillowballs have been replaced and shocks about 10,000 miles back. I'm sure the control arms are original as are the trailing.

Since we already did the pillowballs, what else should we be looking to replace? Car drives fine, but I'm sure many of our creaks, pops and other noises are from worn out parts and pieces.

So, what should we be shopping for to get the rest of the suspension close to new again.

Thanks for any help -- suspensions are definitely Not our thing.

 

Definitely do the differential mount bushings. Trailing arm bushings would not hurt, and you could replace the toe links with aftermarket ones. This may be enough.

Control arm ball joints are not separately replaceable on this car and new arms are not cheap. There is an FSM test procedure for them.

Replacing all the rubber bushings on the control arms is an expensive and time-consuming proposition too, but these bushings do tend to last quite a while.

 

Other than the clunking pillow *****, are there other suspension parts that tend to be noisy (in a bod way)?