There you go again. making rash assumptions and judgements. have you heard his car's clunk? no. have you driven it? no. you're right in that the symptoms are similar--- but that by no means makes it the same problem. if he goes and changes the lower mounts soely based on what you say, how do you feel then? and what's this about the upper dog bone mounts breaking over time? which part? the CAST bracket, the bolts, or the stamped dogbones?? that would be something to see... come on. you're not going to break dog bone mounts, unless youre doing foolish things.