Front-end knocks are one of five parts: a lower arm bush, a ball joint, an anti-roll bar link, a top mount, or a shock that has stopped damping. The drop-link is the cheapest and the commonest, which is why it is worth having someone look before ordering anything.
On the ramp we lever each joint and shake the wheel while the other pair of hands watches. You get a list with the price against each line and you choose. Potholes make this a yearly conversation in this city.
How we tell: Loudest at walking pace over a speed bump, quieter at speed.
In this order
The same three steps as every car that comes through the door: the check, then the quote, then your old parts.
JMD 3,500comes off the bill
Up on the ramp, every joint and bush levered and listened to.
0JMD 60,000120,000
Whatever comes off your car is bagged with your registration on it and handed to you when you collect. It is the simplest proof that the part we charged you for was the part we changed.