Re: control arm bushings?
Welcome to the Forum nhdriver,
I have a 05 convertible and I just replaced them on mine plus I just looked up the bushing part number on both 03 and 05 and they are the same part number. So to answer your question yes most any shop can replace them. They have to use a press to get them out and installed and use the same tools it takes to replace the ball joints. I removed the control arms myself and took them to a shop I use and they replaced both bushings and ball joints that I supplied them with and charged me $54.00 to install everything. The control arms will have to come out to do the work so I would suggest that you go ahead and replace the ball joints too. I decided to do the job myself because the labor on just replacing just the ball joints was going to be between $300 and $400 not including the parts. I spent $30.00 on 2 bushings and $70.00 on 2 ball joints plus the $54.00 having them installed. Good Luck  NAPA Auto Parts and Advance Auto Parts sell these parts.
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This PT Convertible use to be my BABY it was a 2005 Base 5 speed, Black on black on black, Red rims with full moons hubcaps, Amber fog lights, 6 disc indash CD, Polk speakers, Suicide knob, Black 15" spring ant., Gauges in console, APC air filter system, Complete bullet/turbo exhaust system, Hurst Shifter. May its new owner enjoy it as much as we did. We do still have a 2007 Limiter PT in Cool Vanilla with no mods and two HHRs now.
Last edited by Decsr; 05 May 2009 at 11:54 pm.
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