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will ever since i got the car back other things came out of nowhere. whenever i turn the steering wheel either left or right greater than say 90* i'll hear and feel a popping noise coming from somewhere in the front of the car. it doesnt happen every time i turn a tight angle left/right but random.

it sounds like it is in the middle of the car on the other side of the firewall but hearing it from inside the car is somewhat difficult to narrow down. i jacked the car up and looked everywhere for possible clues:
-no green grease from either side of the cv boot
-wheel bearings on both sides have very little play holding it 12 and 6 o'clock(jacked one side up to test it). also driver side was repalced not long ago
-little play on the tie-rod ends if i wiggle the wheels at 9 and 3 o'clock. the outer tie-rod end bushings has been smashed for a while and i plan on getting it swapped with a set of MOOGs this weekend. then afterwards get an alignment
-no cracks on the front sway bar
-LCA looks fine
-both lower motor mount and trans mount looks fine w/o cracks or missing chunks
-comp g strut/springs has ~80K miles from when they were installed(bought them used w/60K). and i bounced on the front of the car to see if the strut bearings made any abnormal sounds but heard nothing

what else could it be? again, im going to replace the outer tie-rods and get an alignment. should i wait and see how it feels after thats taken care of? the 'new' trans shifts and runs fine and the fluid level's acceptable point on the dipstick. the diff doesnt spin freely when one wheels off the ground and the others on the ground FWIW.