Hi am new here not sure where to post so posting in general so anyways i have a 2001 monte ss and christmas eve was on my way home and my rear end was all over the place i have gotten under the car and seems i have a bent rear trailing arm on the driver side i will be replacing it and the track bars on the driver side as well what i am wondering is should i also replace if there is one the anti sway bar for the rear as well and was going to order the parts off parts geek here online and was wondering if anyone has ever dealt with them they seem to have mixed reviews and some pretty bad horror stories but just as many good reviews also i work at an auto parts store and even with my employee discount the parts online are half what i would pay in the store there was also some ice on the road that day when the rear end started slinging it threw me in a ditch and seems to have slight front bumper cover damage and was wondering where to get one at a decent price that will fit well

 

What you call "track bars" I believe are also called rear lateral bars. I've seen the common cause of those being damaged someone jacked the car up on them OR put jack stands under them and rested the car on them.

My advice, if they are bent, replace them. I upgraded my rear trailing arms to UMI Performance arms (they cost about $100). I advise having an air impact gun available when doing that.

As for Parts Geek, I don't know anything about that site. I tend to use RockAuto (plus RockAuto has a coupon code somewhere on here for their site to get a few bucks off). As for the bumper cover, hit a Junk Yard. Shipping those is crazy expensive.

I'm not sure I follow your question about the rear sway bar....?

 

my question on the rear sway bar is is there one on this model i didn't really have a chance to look as i was laying in 2 feet of snow lol and if so should i replace it as well

 

Ahh, gotcha! Yes, you're '01 Monte does have both a front and rear sway bar.

 

Welcome to the site.

 

The wrecker is definitely the cheapest way to get a bumper cover. The big savings is in the paint cost if you can find on in the right color already. Painting a front bumper will cost more than a front bumper

 

Welcome!

 

thanks for all the advice my boss was a nice guy and did a price match for it for what i found it online for and found the perfect place to get the bumper at a junkyard where i save cash cause i pull the part myself so i can get my baby back to looking beautiful