Well after putting up with my knocking front suspension for quite some time i bit the bullet and got my hands dirty. After replacing my front and rear ARB bushes and still having a front knock when hard braking and going over speed bumps i changed out my front lower arms and steering arm ball joints
following the guide on here. I got hold of a 9" angle grinder prior to starting and was glad i did as both arm rear most bolts were seized. After i changed them my steering wheel was a bit out of alignment and was bringing in the suspension alarm, this was cleared after an alignment the next day. I have to say the car handles so much better now.
I found that the bushes were not in too bad a condition but the ball joints were in a poor state, very free in their sockets.
After all that i gave the engine bay a once over and found my inter cooler hose with a split in it so that is now changed too, still got another two hoses to change but they are a to get to so will be done at a later date.
I have added a few pics of the work.













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