My 03.5 G35 RWD has 90k on it. Every time I go over a bump or rough patch of road I cringe because its going to hit hard or make some sort of rattle, clunk or rough sound. Comes from both the front and rear from what I can tell. What should I replace? Is it possibly shocks, end links, compression rods? I don't want to drop a lot of $ into the car because I didn't spend too much on it, and its a daily driver. any input would be great! thanks in advance

 

hey, looks like compression rods bushings in the front. if u do that, also do the front lower control arm bushings. could also be shocks starting to wear out.

 

take it to a shop get an estimate for repairs on what's wrong with it.

come back here and figure out what your options are with getting it right. Maybe some repairs you can do yourself and anything you cant at least you'll know whats wrong to price shop around different shops for those repairs.

Probably pretty obvious what all is wrong if you look at everything with the car up on a rack.

 

I just did these on mine, not sure how long they were bad for, but i only have 85k on my 05 and they were completely shot

 

Taking it to a reputable shop is def the answer.
And if your looking to save cash there always used oem suspension for sale here.

 

how much did it cost you? Did you DIY?

 

I had the same problem with rattles and clunks.

Replaced compression rods, end link and LCA's. the clunks have now started to come back after about 10k of driving. Worked well at first and got rid of most of it until now.

 

the parts were about $50 i could have done it myself since i have access to a press, but i have a buddy with a little tire shop and he did it for $50 for me. the lower control arms come off pretty easy, then you just press out the bushings and press in the new ones, I got the Whiteline bushings. you will need an alignment after too

heres what happened to mine


see how the inner joint on the lower arm is pushed all the way forward? it should be centered

 

that looks like one of my compression rod bushings. Putting in new ones this weekend.
Mine doesn't clunk but casues a lot of road noise.