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Old 01-01-2007, 04:36 PM
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Which ball joint??

I am finally doing the front LS1 brakes and replacing the ball joints at the same time. Can anyone tell me what price range or which brand to use for the replacements?? I have seen upper prices range from 40 to 70. Lowers range from 15 to 40. The 95 Z28 is a toy and only races street / track so I don't need heavy duty road course stuff. OEM would probably be fine. I surfed both NAPA and AUTOZONE for the price references. Moog or other, what do y'all suggest?? Thanks.

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I got my uppers from a dealer on Ebay.
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Go with the Moog parts, some of the Autozone, Ebay parts etc. are probably imported crap.
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Old 01-01-2007, 10:14 PM
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Another vote for Moog; I got a petty good price from Summit Racing.
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I'd recommend the Moog products as well. Summit, Jegs, or even Spohn directly sell them.
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Old 01-03-2007, 11:32 AM
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Moog ball joints and bushings would be the ticket. Here's a pic of the rear LCA bushing on the front LCA @ only 75k miles. I just bought the 1LE replacement LCAs to make the downtime less when replacing the front shocks. You may want to consider the bushings as well, since they take a beating too.

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Moog. If you have an O'Riley Autoparts locally, they sell Moog.
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Old 01-03-2007, 06:25 PM
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Moog and bushings then. Thanks everyone.

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all mine are moog, ball joints tie rod ends upper spring mounts, everything.
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Originally Posted by multicar
Moog ball joints and bushings would be the ticket. Here's a pic of the rear LCA bushing on the front LCA @ only 75k miles. I just bought the 1LE replacement LCAs to make the downtime less when replacing the front shocks. You may want to consider the bushings as well, since they take a beating too.

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Sorry to resurrect this post, but the 1LE LCAs that you bought... those did NOT come with 1LE bushings?
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yes they did, see the pics...wanna buy my old LCA's? $40 plus shipping.

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did the new 1LE LCAs come with the ball-joint installed ?
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Old 08-29-2007, 07:57 AM
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Ball joint and bushings already installed...you have to buy a new castleted nut for the coarse threaded BJ though.
(2) 10254330 1le bj nuts
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