I noticed some uneven wear on my tire (cupping on the outside edge) and decided to investigate. I had recently bought and installed ball joints from Ebay. I think they have been on my car for about 4 months. To my surprise this is what I found.







Just a warning to all those thinking about buying them.

wow. that really sucks. Have you tried contacting the people you got it from.

No I havent. Im sure they wont do anything. I just use it as a learning experience. No more cheap Ebay parts on my car

What brand? I used MOOG outer tie rods and Advanced Auto TWC(i think) ball joints.

I can remember. Let me see if I can dig up the seller's info on Fleabay.

I think these were the ones I got

Oh... Mine looked better I think. I hope

that what u get for buying from ebay... i got screwed like that too with my tie rods.. 4 months and they are destroyed..

damn fleabay

You may be thinking of TRW. I know that was the kind of balljoint I used.

Like I said lesson learned.

Damn, I just got my LCA's & endlinks installed. It's from an eBay shop but I picked up locally just outsite Toronto & the guy gave me a 1yr warranty.
FYI my mechanic had replaced just the balljoints a couple of years ago with MOOG, one started squeaking & the other was loose. So it's hard to predict with aftermarket stuff. I guess it may be worth it to get ripped off by the dealer for certain parts.

Fingers crossed here.

The box sure does look nice!!!

Thanks for the warning!
Glad I never bought suspension parts from E-

The side I replaced was VERY loose. $175 for a control arm from the dealer Now I need to save up for the other side.

D@mn, thats pretty fubard for being 4 months old.

At the least report it to them, sometimes vendors actually care about what they sell.....I said sometimes......

Looking at the pics, I just see a torn boot. I'll have to take your word on the amount of play.

Could it be that the boot was torn, and then contamination (dirt) ruined the tightness of the joint?

u drive like a bat out of hell with kenneth...


that alone would destroy them.


j/k

chassis 1 parts suck.....Moog or TRW are the way to go

I got both control arms with the ball joints form ebay and noticed the boots tearing after about 1 month of use. i think i paid $70 for each one if would of known about this i would of paid the dealer price.

Most parts from ebay offer a 1 year warranty...

do u remember the seller and brand

buy only oem parts.

Correct, Advance Auto carries TRW brand tie rod ends (and alot of other control/suspension/front end parts from them).

u wanna loan me 250 for control arms from nissan....j/k....i have access to a press and bushings are cheap...and a sandblaster and spray paint look them look like new

s****ty bro

error404 Kenneth having the ability to drive like a bat out of hell not found.

how did the car feel on that side (when driving over bumps)? I am getting excessive up and down movement on the driver side of my car and I am thinking it may be the ball joint but I am also getting a squeeking noise as well.

Can you tell us what member you got them from on ebay, was it from bestsuspensions ?

I dont remember the seller's name. Sorry.

The name of the seller is world suspension and this is what they say about the part "These units are NEW High quality "OEBrand" aftermarket replacement, 1 year warranty". I couldnt get a hold of them when i tried to get them replaced so i just gave up.

I cant find anyone from ebay with the name world suspension, i even tried to look for name changes from current sellers... do you have a link to your sale?
I'm curious b/c I'm gonna do something about this... I'm sick and tired of sellers ripping buyers off. I just bought my lower control arms from best suspension. And if i have this problem... they're gonna have a bigger problem if they don't cooperate.

SOB! Same person. Bastards

AHH, same f@#%ing problem. I bought lower control arms and outer tie rods from the same ebay seller (world suspension) and they look exactly like Flava_24/7's pics. I put them on 5 months ago. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. Now I have to go through this all over again and add on wheel bearings to the mix.

So...should I not buy my inner and outer tie rods from Ebay then? I mean...they are like 40 bucks apiece at Advanced Auto and either way I have to order....I figured 22 bucks for each set was a pretty good deal seeing as it's not that big of a part. What do you guys think? Just pay up at a reputable store like Autozone, Advanced, or Peps? or just go with Ebay?

And M_oz. 555...you're car is HOT. Maybe I'll see it driving around when I go to a conference this upcoming weekend on Williams Road in Buffalo. Later.

makes me think twice about SOME ebay stuff

Thank you for making this thread i had just bought LCAs from bestsuspension.. they were sitting in my room. But after i read this thread i quickly returned them. the down side is i lost about 80 bucks with shipping and handling. but thats pretty good in the long run

thats where my tie rods came from... thank god i kept the old ones... fellas we should make a complaint..

damm me too