They are raping you on parts.

GKN german made replacement axle for fronts a piece are $289.

At 200k id replace the axles themselfs and not do a boot repair since theres so many miles on them.

My boots were torn for a very long time since ive been to lazy to replace them and plan on getting the GKN's soon. Front right inner was torn since 64k miles, front right outer went at about 80-85, drivers side inner went somewhere around same time, and i accidently put a small tear in the drivers side outee doing balljoints @100k.

Im at 110300 now lol. Theyll last a while and only now am i starting to feel the bad cvs.

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