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Originally Posted by It's Just Eric

to avoid confusion...the rumbling and popping noises are coming from your motor, or the suspension components?

also...when you do the timing belt..go ahead and replace the water pump, front seals, lower cam seals, and valve cover gaskets. If thye arent leaking yet, just because of their age, they are probably going to soon. that being said, you can hold off untill 90k miles to do this

for the suspension...if your traveling rough roads, the stock suspension is probably just what youll need. Id go ahead and replace the sway bar bushings with polyurethane ones..not so much for any performance gains, but just because, once again, they are probably close to the end of their lifespan..and traveling rough roads could do them in. The whole set for front and rear can be had for roughly 35 bucks, and the install is easy enough to do in the driveway

While the wheels are off, you should just shake things up a bit, see if you can track down any loose thinggs that need to be tightened, or replaced

Your post is much appreciated
Steve