I'm from the TC. Thank you both for the help. I'll make sure I ask my mechanic about those two things when I bring it in for an oil change in the next week or two.

Ideally, if I do need to start replacing these things, I'd like to have the stock suspension that the comp G comes with. I've been reading over the other posts, and it doesn't seem like it would be all that much more expensive than the stock GT setup. Is there anything I should know about going that route? Or is it pretty much just telling my mechanic to order those parts instead?