Just back from the dealer where, coincident to computer diagnosis, the tech noted my thrust arm bushings will soon need replacement. I'll eyeball them myself tomorrow, but, given I'm over 100k miles, I'm leaning toward replacing the thrust arms/ball joints/bushings with Meyle HDs, which I understand you can get from EAC Europarts mounted in Lemforder thrust arms [superior, I understand, to the Meyles]. I'm thinking I'll have the shop that would do the alignment do the install, unless you guys convince me that removing and replacing the entire unit [not pressing in bushings, etc]. is a DIY shade-tree task? Any current strong feelings on doing Powerflex instead of the Meyle HD bushings?

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2006 X5 3.0 6-spd w/Evo UUC ssk
sport/premium pkgs
born Valentine's Day, 2006.