JAB

1999 RX300, 256K. Need to replace front lower control arms. RockAuto lists Moog without ball joints at $56 per side, BeckArnley with ball joints at about the same price, and ACDelco without ball joints at $85 per side. Anybody with experience one way or the other? I don't believe my ball joints are shot but they are original. At this price the BeckArnley quality would be suspect, in my opinion. I'm thinking that if I go with Moog and my hunch proves wrong, the ball joints are easy to replace later. Thoughts? TIA.

Lexmus

I installed the BeckArnely front control arms a little over a year ago, but did not install the ball joints that came with them. My ball joints appeared ok when I tried testing them with a pry bar and shaking the wheels. Plus there are a number of posts on this forum about the short life of after market ball joints. I did keep the joints in case I might decide to use them in the future.