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Old 01-19-10, 07:42 AM
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I noticed that as i drive over bumps my front suspension creaks, now it also does that when i turn the wheels while in park. I have seen the pictures of people who have lost their lower ball joint and dont want that to happen to me so i am going to replace them. My question is what are the best joints to buy, i really dont want to buy the factory ones again because as we all know they give out (in my case after 8 years/79k miles) thanks guys
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Ball joints are maintenance parts anyways so either way you're going to have to replace it down the line. I plan on changing mine out every 80k miles. Currently I'd only trust OEM balljoints. Plus the price difference isn't that dramatic ($30-40 a pair?).
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Order the balljoints from Sewell lexus.. There a Vender on here.. 128.00 for a safe piece of mind..
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Originally Posted by GSteg
Ball joints are maintenance parts anyways so either way you're going to have to replace it down the line. I plan on changing mine out every 80k miles. Currently I'd only trust OEM balljoints. Plus the price difference isn't that dramatic ($30-40 a pair?).
Henry you going the AIR route..
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go with OEM parts
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+1 on OEM.
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OEM for sure they arent expensive considering how important it is.

DO IT ASAP.
Your symptoms are exactly what i had a couple weeks before balljoint failure on the road while driving! I was about to enter the freeway in a couple minutes too, if it happened there... dunno if id be posting right now.
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order OEM from Sewell. its like $115-$130 or something like that. i just changed mine recently and they weren't even bad after 120k.

for them to last another 8 years or so is definitely worth it imo
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
Order the balljoints from Sewell lexus.. There a Vender on here.. 128.00 for a safe piece of mind..
? I just went on there before discount its like $163 after discount showing $149.00

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http://www.sewellpartsonline.com/par...l.asp?id=90178


128.00

w/discount 113.92
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
Your awesome you just saved me like $30. Was going to buy these from TM engineering. Thanx
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Originally Posted by VIPFAMILY
Your awesome you just saved me like $30. Was going to buy these from TM engineering. Thanx
No problem.. "When your here, your family"
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thank you for the link, what else should i order outer tie rode ends?
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Originally Posted by spooze
thank you for the link, what else should i order outer tie rode ends?
I would since you will have the car partially apart anyway.. Also you might want to think about control arm bushings as well..
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how do I get Lower Ball Joints from Sewell for $113? thanks


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