Potholes win, eventually.
Front Range roads go through a freeze, a thaw and a re-freeze in the same week, which is exactly the cycle that breaks pavement. Suspension parts here wear faster than the mileage on a maintenance chart suggests, and the first thing most people notice is not a noise. It is tires wearing unevenly.
What it usually turns out to be
A clunk over bumps is more often a sway bar link or a worn bushing than a strut, and those are small, inexpensive parts. And a car that wanders on the highway is frequently an alignment problem caused by a worn part, which means aligning it without replacing the part is money spent twice. We check the parts before we set the angles.
How you’d know
A clunk or rattle over bumps
Start with sway bar links and bushings. Cheap, and they cause most of it.
The tires are wearing on one edge
Alignment, or a worn part causing the misalignment. Both need looking at.
The car keeps bouncing after a dip
Struts or shocks have stopped damping. It also lengthens your stopping distance.
The steering wheel isn’t straight when the car is
Alignment. Quick to check.
A groan or whine when turning at low speed
Power steering: a pump, a rack, or just low fluid.
What we do
Struts, shocks and springs
Ball joints, control arms, bushings and sway bar links
Tie rods, racks and power steering pumps
Wheel bearings and CV axles
Alignment: after the worn parts are replaced, which is the only order that works
You get the number before the work starts, not after.
Call the shop and describe what it’s doing. If it needs to come in, we’ll tell you when to bring it.
Mon–Fri 8–6 · Sat 8–2Sun closed
| Monday | 8am – 6pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 8am – 6pm |
| Wednesday | 8am – 6pm |
| Thursday | 8am – 6pm |
| Friday | 8am – 6pm |
| Saturday | 8am – 2pm |
| Sunday | Closed |