# What are your winter mod plans?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [December 5, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-your-winter-mod-plans/248831 "2009-12-05T05:23:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-your-winter-mod-plans/248831/377 "2009-12-14T17:16:51Z")

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> [@what to do in the Buff](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-in-the-buff/27253/15):
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> Should I make a separate thread?
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> Ball joints, tie rod ends (outer), lower control arms and related bushings where all replaced using a reputable EBay seller (pages of good things about said seller on Maxima forum) 36k ago. Am I at the point where I gotta change em again? This is the only car I’ve ever really maintained, so I dunno how long some things last.
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> I do know that after doing the work 36k ago, whenever I went up an incline (like a driveway) with the wheel fully turned either way, I’d get this LOUD creek/pop noise.
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> I’m on my 215/55/16 winters tires now. I don’t think I heard these noises when I was on my 18’s. I noticed the noises right after I put my 16’s on.

sounds like strut mounts, had a creek in my car when i took of my 15’s and ut on my aristos and on a turn i’d get a little creek or pop. it was the strut mount. on my mk2 i had a bang/loud pop if i was tyrning sharp and up a hill. i don’t know what that was but i just sold the car. prolly a bawljoint.

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