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Fish_On_again t1_iy8xh8v wrote

This is good advice with a caveat. It doesn't apply if you put a lot of miles on your vehicle, or if you're sourcing your vehicle from rust belt areas. You mentioned Ford expedition, you will have ball joints coming up, upper and lower. Do not wait on those. Keep an eye on your sway bar mounts.

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dvlpr404 OP t1_iy979pk wrote

I'm am watching the ball joints carefully. I've already had estimates. Sway bars are fine. Rust is minimal being southern Indiana. Could be better, could be worse.

All in all I'll likely spend 3k for vehicle, 1k for tires and sensors (has a spare tire pressure sensor!), and 2k for ball joints and control arms. I'll likely do the ball joints next year, so 4 years will be 6k. But from there easily get 3 or 4 more years.

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