So most of you guys from CEBF know that I had a wonky wheel. No one could really figure out what was wrong just by lookin at it.... but all agreed it was undeniably wonky. So I went to get my oil changed, had the fellas look at it with me while on the lift, and I guess my strut mount is bad. Well phooey. Apparently that'* 800 bucks to fix, cause they're tellin me I'm gonna need new tires as well. I have 72 cents to my name after a real crisis that arose today, and that will change soon but... not by 800 bucks though, not nearly.... is this something that a Rachael is capable of doing? Maybe even with help if someone is available and somewhat nearby? I do tend to screw things up very quickly when I don't have a coach... and the tread on said wonky wheel is like, wavy... I have pictures but they're on my phone. So I'm afriad if I wait any longer I won't be able to avoid getting new tires.... anyway, yeah. All advice is greatly appreciated. I will get pics up once I figure out how to get them off my phone.

I would help but Im about useless when it comes to fixing cars.
Heres some pictures from the meet i found.

It actually looks worse in person, I've seen it.

Todd said the tires aren't too damaged so it indicated that it happened recently.

Hey Rachael! You got a wonky wheel and I ended up with a funky tranny. LOL

yes. just the one. and it is pretty obvious in person, thanks so much for the pics! I guess the mechanic said he saw the strut mount wobble from side to side or something. and I know the tire tread didn't look bad from the ground. but once it was on the lift, the very inside of the tire looked REALLY bad, it was an extremely irregular wear pattern. I'm hoping that since it'* on the very inside of the tire I won't have to get new tires. But thanks for the advice, so if I do it myself it should be pretty easy to afford?

Rach, I just replaced the strut mount on the front driver'* on my car. He'* right, the part at high cost was $59.99 for me new, and I disconnected the strut myself and just took it and the new mount to the local shop (because I am not about to risk my life with trying to compress the suspension spring! ) and the guy did it for free, but I tipped him for his time. Also, I had to get an alignment afterwards.

All in all, cost me a grand total of about $80 and I learned a lot.

On top of that, add a new tire even at an overpriced $150/tire and that'* only about $200 your cost. What the hell is $800 getting you? They gonna install a flatscreen tv in the wheel well so that you can watch the shows you're missing while changin' a flat?! :?

Sounds like a load of crap to me... especially if they said you need all new tires, not just the one tire.

Rach... $800 is absurd for that repair. Basically the part runs $30-$60 at most and takes an hour of labor to fix. Maybe an alignment afterwards. Being on the back..that tire is most likely fine.

C'mon Ohio folks who is in for helping Rach change a strut mount? You'll need basic tools, a jack and jack stands?









Ps..Don meant pics of you...not the car.