Yeah...I prolly went a little overboard on details and pix. My attempt at pay forward for someone who may want to try this DIY. I also prolly made it look/sound worse than the job really is. MY whole motivation was to avoid handing a well paid mechanic some decent money for a repair that did nothing to enahance handling, performance, longevity etc etc.

Also, I was told that when the airbag light is on, the SRS system (or maybe it was just the airbags) is disabled and I wanted both the light off and the SRS system to work if/when needed.

Anyway - hope this helps others.