Hi, all.

What all of you (OK, scratch that, Matt and others with actual knowledge, what do you think) about ball joints? I know with some stuff (sensors, etc.) it's stupid to buy anything but OEM. Should I pay the extra for OEM for these? Or should I just get the $100/pair NAPA lifetime warranty ones, a pair of MOOG's for $70, or a set of cheap Master Rides for $50? How much difference is there between the good ones and the cheap ones? All have a lifetime warranty.

Thanks! BTW, no offense was meant in that first part. It's just that if you don't know what you're talking about, I don't really want your opinion.

if they have a lifetime warenty id just get the cheapest ones sh*t i just put 40$ pair autozone ones on my car and they still feel tight after 10K so i think there fine

How much are the OE ones. Personally I would go with either the moog or OE depending on the price difference.

I went autozone and have had no problems with them

How many miles do you have on them?

off the top of my head I would have to say a few thousand

wtf $100 for ball joints?

Heck man I went to Pepboys and they were under $25 a piece

As if ball joints are ultra-sensitive spaceship parts

Ever driven a car with a broken ball joint?
Nope!
When it breaks you're stuck.
Whether it be in the middle of a three point turn blocking the street (tow truck had real fun picking the car up)
or after jumping a curb. Ball joints break and they leave you stuck!
Imagine what would happen if one gives out on the highway while ur doin 65 (yeah right)?
Loss of steering is only the begining. Skimping on steering and brakes is
Stoopid

OK I'll get off of it now

So your stock ball joints broke. Wow better stay away from OEM next time then huh?

BTW, last time I checked PepBoys and Autozone ball joints were, in fact, NOT made out of pot metal.

They aren't? who told you that. Crack one open and look.
BTW both balljoints were over 10 yrs old when they broke. one was on a car with 65k the other my extremely abused truck with 140k.
Oem sounds good to me

lol... you guys are hysterical. somtimes, the .org is better than Seinfeld...

Y u p it is

autozone or pep boys brand is completely fine! No reason to dish out all that cash for oem when the autozone will last just as long

OE parts are around $60-70 per side. I would go with aftermarket and grab yourself a $30 balljoint and use the extra bones on synthetic oils, etc...

another point I would like to make, doesn't matter what kinds of balljoints you got in your car but if you keep on driving over potholes then nothing would last forever. So, I truly think that better driving skill counts too.

Sweet! Good idea. I'll switch to synthetic oil in my 170,000 mile VG!
I think I will go aftermarket, though. Sounds like there's no reason to shell out the extra dough.

This is very true. Just get the moog and put it off a lot longer