leadfoot4

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That's what I'm talking about! Yeah, it's $100, but if you're any kind of "gearhead", you'll more than get your money's worth out of it.

SparkyJJO

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But if you rent it, then it doesn't cost you anything

leadfoot4

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I agree.....but then you don't have it in your possession 100% of the time. You know, for those "late night thrashes".....

EnergyCC

Yeah.. but how many times do you really replace balljoints on your ride ? lol

leadfoot4

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I consider ball joints to be "wear items", and figure 50,000 miles is a good time for replacement. Now, I'm sure that many would think that's a little excessive, but I like my car's handling to be precise, first of all, and secondly, since I'm not paying somebody else to do it, as I have the proper tool, it's only about $100 or so, to change out all four. (the uppers are bolted in, anyway)

And, as I said, the tool works on u-joints, too.

Taspeed

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steer clear of the control arm assembly for fbody masterpro etc. I worked for oreilly's and they will last about a year or two on the ball joints.. MOOG is the best option but don't offer the control arms loaded. for the cost i am looking in to tubular upper and lowers at the moment. I'll keep you posted.

rich

blackandgold

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I'm in a similar boat, but I'll be loading the stock uppers with moog and probably doing UMI boxed lowers for durability. Something about running tubulars on the street isn't sitting right with me. But you probably have a different use for your car.

Taspeed

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looks like i will be doing the same thing

Majestic9C1

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I will probably get a set of used lowers and replace balljoint and bushings with Moog brand and then having them powdercoated gloss black and then get a set of tubular upper A-arms

leadfoot4

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Good way to save on "down time", but I'd suggest getting them sandblasted/powder coated first....

Majestic9C1

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ok cool didnt know which step would be first.. powder then install bushings

SparkyJJO

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Powder requires a fair bit of heat IIRC, so you want to do it without bushings and joints otherwise they get burned.

leadfoot4

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Yup!!


And if you're sandblasting the arms before powder coating, you don't want the sand getting into the new ball joints!