The creaking noise you hear is all most for certain the lower balljoint. Not the lateral arm but the wishbone one. I have a 97 gs and there are two lower balljoints on our cars along with the 98 and 99 I believe. One is straight it's called the lateral arm, this is the recalled part. The other balljoint looks like a wishbone and it's connected to the underbody of the car. I had a creaking noise on the drivers side, i would hear it when i take off and when i turn the wheel sitting still. I put on a new wishbone balljoint thingy and no more noises....Good luck let us know how it goes.