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ttopoutlaw

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I'm putting ball joints in my front lower control arm on my '88 and was wondering if I should put in the $65 moog or the $39.99 special from murray's? The car is gonna be setup as a street car not race or track car.
 
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I would have to say that the line..........."you get what you pay for" is a good answer for this one, do they both have grease point, if they do I would go cheaper
 

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When a ball joint lets go, the car can slide down the road on the frame.

Now make your decision.
 

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+1 on that
 

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I have installed the "cheap line Ball Joints" on a car and the next day (not even lying) they were worn and loose. needless to say we replaces them with the good line Moog's
 

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there are certain things you can cheap out on...those are probably one of the things you dont want to cheap out on....as stated above, they will cause a major accident if they fail...buy the moogs
 

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allballsmustang said:
there are certain things you can cheap out on...those are probably one of the things you dont want to cheap out on....as stated above, they will cause a major accident if they fail...buy the moogs
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I dont go very cheap on hardly anything...Now i dont go buy the most expensive thing I can find. But I make sure that what I am buying is the good stuff so you dont have to spend more money later in the long run
 

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MOOG all the way. I used them on my 81. To move them you have to grab them with all your might and force them around.

I just did them on a 99 V6 with 75K. The OEM Ford ones I put in were just as loose as the 75K 9 year old ones I took out. Which means that there was nothing wrong with the used ones, but the lady wanted new ones and she supplied them.

I haven't driven my car yet, but I am willing to get the MOOG balljoints will make the car drive and handle better than the OEM Ford ones, let alone some cheap off brand.
 
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awesome, moog it is. Thanks guys
 
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