Hey guys long time no post! I'm at 150,000 miles and notice a considerable drop in performance when it comes to steering response.
My question is, what bushings and ball joints are the most suspectible to wear and make the biggest impact in handling? These are the ones I plan on doing:

1. Front Upper control arm ball joint
2. Front Lower control arm ball joints
3. Figs front lower control rear mount bushing #2
4. Front outer tie rod ends

In your opinion are these necessary to change too?
1. Front Sway bar end links
2. F-Sport sway bar bushings

What should I replace in the rear?

 

I'm not sure yet but, my 06 is about to get the treatment because of the same reasons. It has 162,000 on it. I'm gonna put in the air and check everything this week.

 

Good tires are the most important when it comes to handling.

For better Steering response some have got bigger sway bars in front and back.

Springs will last a long time,

Struts start wearing out at 40-50k but they can last to 150k or more.

Sway bar bushings last a long time 150-200k + You can change to stilffer POLY

Sway bar end links dont last that long 80-100k k maybe

Upper and lower control arm bushings can last a long time 100-150k+


The REAR is a whole new ball game because you have 5 connecting points back there and they all have bushings.

BTW I converted my suspension to BC coilovers at 160k and currently I have 260k on my GS450h

 

Hi All ... I'm looking around for some suspension parts as well.

What's the aftermarket brands are recommended? I would buy genuine lexus but don't need the entire arms, just the bushings. If I can get the genuine bushings without having to buy the entire arms that would be great.

Thanks