Quote Originally Posted by Jakegday View Post
thank you for that input. that leads me to another question, how hard is it to lower the cradle enough to change these rubber/metal insulators? after searching for a brief minute, im not finding these parts
Well theirs only 4 bolts that hold the whole cradle up. You can loosen / remove one bolt at a time, but care needs to be taken when doing this.

The entire front suspension needs to be lifted off the ground. Take a jack and support the corner of the one your taking the bolt out of. Then slowly lower the jack on the corner that your removed the bolt from and pull out the top insulator.



You can see them in the 1st pic and see where all 4 bolts hold the cradle up.



These insulators are only available via GM and are around $20 each so not exactly cheap. Best bet is to buy them from paceperformance.com or gmpartsdirect.com if you plan on it.

I know the front insulator part number is 10249634
Rear insulator part number is 10249631