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Old 02-10-13, 11:19 PM
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Default OEM or Moog Lower Ball Joints

Ive replaced mine one time since ive owned the car for the past 3 years. I've put about 20k miles on them ..
I went with OEM at about 89 bucks a piece and Installed myself..

How often would you guys recommend replacing ?

I see some people here use Moog brand instead of OEM.

Has anyone had the Moog and have it break or have any problems with it before ?

Or do you guys find OEM for cheaper than I got it for ? That was with my employee discount.
Old 02-11-13, 05:32 AM
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You won't find one person on here who has had a failure with Moog. I'm going to replace mine probably every 100k. I will just make sure to keep adding grease.
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im running moog on mine. they are almost half the price but great quality. i orderd mine through rockauto on and for about $90 they were at my door step in about 2-3 days.
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Nice. Thanks for the info guys.
Goku, chubz, are you guys lowered or stock height ?
and chubz how long have you had them on for ?
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I replaced mine with oem at 135k but i will replace with moog at 200k... Someone said "why replace it with something you already know Will fail" ... that basically closed my thread lol
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Originally Posted by PlatGS3
Nice. Thanks for the info guys.
Goku, chubz, are you guys lowered or stock height ?
and chubz how long have you had them on for ?
stock height for the next few weeks. i had them for about 12k so far.
Old 02-11-13, 12:27 PM
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I need to do this... haven't heard any complaints with the moogs so far so I'll probably go with them. Mty chassis is rollin on 187k, and I have no idea when they were last replaced... -__-"
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Alright so I probably won't replace mine again anytime soon haha
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Better to be safe than sorry. It was the first thing I got done when I bought my car with about 90k miles because the seller told me I should have it replaced soon.
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Originally Posted by MikeFoxx
I replaced mine with oem at 135k but i will replace with moog at 200k... Someone said "why replace it with something you already know Will fail" ... that basically closed my thread lol
Lol that is pretty true. But I dont want it to be one of those what you pay for is what you get because the moog's are darn cheap compared to OEM. So I just wanted inputs on them.
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You'll see once you get the Moog ones their quality is like 200x better than your OEMs. It'll make them look like twigs, lol. I'd replace your outer tie rods also. You can get both for like 120 off RockAuto.
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Moog lbj+outer tie rods, such a nice improvement for around $120. Get it from rockauto
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Here's a 5% discount code for rock auto if you decide to go with moog
710f1ac6fb23.. Just replaced the lbj outer tie rods n front stabalizer bar links with moog this past weekend n have no complaints at all.

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just installed my Moogs on Saturday, and thank God i did once i saw the old ones. Cured this pop/click noise that happened when i would brake. great quality. Just dont forget to take out the lil black screw and put the Zerk fitting on and gun some grease on into them.

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I replaced mine five years ago with factory originals at 140k. Now I'm at 270k and they are still tight but i will be replacing them soon just to be on the safe side..lol I believe there was an updated version on newer gs models that was being retrofited to our cars. Don't qoute me on that tho.


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