Front End Rattle

[mrbrian200]

You say it feels like it has a wheel shake over larger road imperfections. Might be the engine/trans rocking about. LCA bush in the top picture looks right. The one in the bottom picture does not. Notice it's 'floating' down more than acting like pivot/ball joint like the one in the top picture. Keep an eye on that one. If the front bush is too 'stiff' it will force the rear one to deform instead of pivoting. That's what I was seeing with the bad aftermarket bushes. At speed they hit the subframe, most often over holes not bumps because the bushing is offset there's less clearance on the bottom side.

[zombielinux]

I should point out that both pictures were taken with the car on jackstands. So the droop might be part of it.

I think I'll start with the mounts.

[Dave0304XC]

Ordered them today from FCP. Had to buy 3 oil filters but got free shipping. So that's cool.

When I looked other places, Parts Geek for example, ALL listings for front clips had NO rubber thingys on the clips. Why?