Been busting my ass at work. Sorry for the late reply.
Put my hands on everything. Twice now. Had to pull the turbo off so I got to spend quite a bit of time under there a couple weeks ago. Grabbed a hold of anything I could. Nothing had any play. Only thing I could find were completely blown bushings. A couple are just a thin rubber layer on the outer wall.
Nothing has anything leaking, bent, or loose. Nothing obvious at least. I'll prob take it to a dealership for the new recall on one of these days off. If they'll do a cheap once over on the whole thing, and give me a printout of all the bad stuff, I would be thrilled.
I wanted to go with poly because I don't want to ever have to do this again. I fell in love with this car the first time I sat in it. I'm either keeping it for as long as possible, or I'll try to get the flat 6 version. I don't remember what year it was but found one on craigslist for like 5k. And it was manual. Sounds heavenly and I wouldn't have to worry about an exploding turbo.
But back to this car... didn't go with the whole arms because of cost. I just bought oil, trans fluid, and bushings and that ate my play money for this paycheck. These are also the biggest issues/concerns with this car right now. Just replacing the 6 worst bushings (4 rear, 2 front) would've cost me almost 145 just for the bushings. And def not ones I could do myself very easily.
Since way more were messed up and I found both these kits together for just over 200; went with these. Figured I could replace what I could first. Afterwards, find someone/where with air tools and a press for the rest.
As for the NHV (nvh?) I don't mind it at all. I like feeling the road. Especially when it rains. And I'm super curious as to how well this car handles/feels. I've gotten glimpses. Even with blown bushings... turns, passing, acceleration, everything feels way better than my wife's v6 Camry.
Feel like I'm blabbing now and I can't see a full your full quote on my phone. Don't remember what else was in your reply [emoji1787]
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