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Hi Jimmy,
Pick up one of the control arms on Ebay-Dorman or Meyle, which you can pick up for around $35-$55.
You probably only need one bushing-front position control arm bushing, unless your rear ones in the bracket are bad from normal wear.
If you get rubber bushings go with Boge or Lemfoerder. You will need to get the bushing pressed in at a machine shop unless you have a large, heavy duty vice and a ton of brute strength. It takes a lot to get them in-I have done it and hope I don't need to again anytime soon.
The easier (and wiser) route would be to buy a polyurethane bushing-you can install them by hand.
Pick up a sway bar end link kit (comes with link, washer, bushings, etc.) from one of the places you have mentioned or Ebay. I have used Meyle end links and they seem to be decent. Should run you $12-$16.
Now here is the part you could have trouble with (I did)...
There is a long bolt that runs through the control arm bushing and into the cross member of your vehicle. Corrosion can get in the space where the bolt passes through the steel bushing sleeve and lock it up so that you cannot remove the bolt. You might want to put the front of your car on jackstands remove the nut and see if the bolt has movement. Otherwise you will need to cut the end of the bolt and the bolt head and replace it with new.
I can dig up the part #s of the bolt and nut if needed. You would probably need to get it from a dealer.
After you do the job you will need an alignment. Call around to garage, tire shops, etc. for prices. Here in PA at a independent tire shop it costs $45.
Travis
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