Ill be changing my ball joints tomorrow and I was wondering if there are any common problems/mistakes anyone else has encountered while doing this.

Thank you!

 

which ball joints? front, rear, upper, lower? hint if theyre the front uppers. if you dont have a ball joint press, you can get the whole control arm assembly for like 5-10 bucks more and just replace that. its much easier, you just unbolt the ball joint and then unbolt the control arm bushings under the hood (passenger side you'll have to pull up the fuse box to get to the nut)

 

It's the front upper right side, I bought the control arm with the ball joint in it already, Thanks for the point about the fuse box. Ive changed these before, just not on this car.

 

Yeah they're quick and easy. You also might have to move that cross bar over the engine. I had to, again, its like 3 nuts and takesan extra minute and its just a lot easier to get to the bushings. But even with all that it should only take 20-25 minutes or so if you take your time.