S6AVANTDRIVER

Whenever my car is sitting still and I turn the wheel left or right, I can hear a popping noise in the steering. It doesn't do it when the cars moving. Has anyone had this problem or know what it is? Thanks in advance!
-Ben

5v/cyl

Have someone turn the wheel while you lay under the front and listen/feel for the popping. Should be able to localize the noise to a certain area. Could be TRE, control arm, or sway bar link/bushing. If none of those then you need to dig a bit deeper and check steering rack joints/mounts and worst case steering rack itself.

S6AVANTDRIVER

Thank you, I'll try that today and see what I can figure out. Thanks again.

S6AVANTDRIVER

The front control arms need replaced. From what I can understand, there are four on each front wheel. To replace all of these is going to cost me around $1000. Is that about right? too high? too low? Thanks guys!

5v/cyl

All of them??? Usually you will just replace the bad ones.

If your DIY then the cost of a complete kit to do everything is around $500-$600 for good aftermarket Meyle or Febi ones. OEM will be pricey. Lowers are expensive. Uppers are much cheaper.

If your having it done then $1000 would be about right for all of them(pinch bolt can be PITA), but again usually just do the bad one(s).

SloopJohnB@mac.com

If you do it yourself they're something like $135 each from the dealer....a couple bucks for a couple pinch bolts.

Not particularly tough with air tools. Lots of videos online on how to dø it.

Lemfoerder is a ZF company that also provides OEM UCAs. Look around, shop around.