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Old 12-06-2007, 04:40 PM
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Cool ball joints and tie rods

My 96 formy WS6 still has the original tierods and ball joints in the car. Who sells aftermarket tierods and ball joints for these cars? I want to put something better than factory in the car and I already went the Autozone route on my shocks and I am replacing them 4 months lata after the rears blew. Time for some Konis.
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A lot of people have replaced their tie rods with Moogs, myself included. They have a lifetime warranty on the parts as well.
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i use moog for all of my suspension and steering components.
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the tie rods don't really matter as much.....but you could go with some aftermarket upper/lower a-arms.....you'll lose some weight off the front and replace the ball joints at the same time.

a somewhat expensive way to go, but you'll be repairing and upgrading at the same time
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moog is the way to go!
Old 12-10-2007, 12:21 AM
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same stuff I did moog as well
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Moog and TRW are essentially the same. They're now both under the Federal-Mogul corporate umbrella.
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Spicer is who makes the stock 2000 parts. They are as good as Moog, but do not require as frequent grease service as they have liners like the best rod-ends do.

The stock one's usually last 100k plus...not bad if you ask me.




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