# Pontiac Grand Prix

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-grand-prix/47812>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** pontiac\
**Created:** [April 22, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-grand-prix/47812 "2010-04-22T01:33:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![edwardjweber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@edwardjweber](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edwardjweber)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-grand-prix/47812/1 "2010-04-22T01:33:26Z")

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My mechanic tells me that I need to replace the lower control arms on my 2001 Grand Prix. Is this a job a novice mechanic could do on his own? Any special tools needed?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pontiac-grand-prix/47812/2 "2010-04-22T01:40:16Z")

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This is not really a job for a novice mechanic. There is just too many procedures in this task that have to be done right. You will need to have a front end alignment after the repair anyway and that’s not a DIY task at all.