Replace the complete struts.

 

46 degrees outside and still groaning. I guess I will look at struts or wait for warmer weather.

 

$12.00 each ? GM AC Delco? The price of convenience

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-pa...shing-20902784

but hey, it’s done and quite!

Shipping would be $16 from the online supplier making it more expensive than my local dealer, but I have saved the site and perhaps the shipping will be less of a factor on more expensive parts.

Thanks

 

Has anyone bought these cheap struts off ebay?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-2006-20...Crty#vi-ilComp
A complete pair for less than $100 is cheap but are they any good?

 

 

Unbranded parts are usually, not always in a class called "collision parts". They are good enough to put on and sell the car, and it's problems, at a profit.

It does sound "too good to be true".

Groaning noises don't necessarily mean anything. I groan on a winter morning, too. But shocks and struts get ignored these days. When they were cheap you couldn't get out of a tire store without new ones. Quality has not followed price.

 

The groaning is killing me.... I ordered the struts, both right front and left front for $97, they are complete with springs, mounts etc.
I will post a note on quality etc once i have installed them.

 

The struts arrived and i have installed them. The quality seems fine and everything bolted in without incident. The groaning has been lessened but it's not gone completely. I am going to take of the control arms to look at the bushings.

any other suggestions on how to get rid of the noise would be appreciated.