I got my LCA's delivery today. My question is does it make a difference to install them now or wait till the new subframe gets delivered. My thoughts are to replace the LCA's and drive the car till the brace gets delivered. The other question is the control arms have the ball joints installed. How do I determine if they are bad or still usable. Come summer time they will be swapped out for better anti roll kit. Then final question to do an alignment afterwards or not?
Alignment= yes Might be a little easier to replace the lcas when the subframe is out, but you don't have to. Are the boots ripped? Is there some resistance when trying to move the ball joints? If they flop all over the place, they're bad. If there's any lateral movement, they're bad. Subaru ball joints don't go bad all that often.
There's some tension to the ball joints. The boots are in good shape. The sub frame is about 1.5 weeks out for delivery. So I would like to fix the arms. And drive the car till it gets here.
