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Old 03-31-2009, 08:57 PM
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Default valucraft or duralast ball joints?

while i was working on my truck today i noticed that my lower ball joinst on both sides were bad, there about bone dry. wanted to ask if anyone has had bad luck on the cheap valucraft 18.99 ones or should i just get the 44.99 duralast?
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while i was working on my truck today i noticed that my lower ball joinst on both sides were bad, there about bone dry. wanted to ask if anyone has had bad luck on the cheap valucraft 18.99 ones or should i just get the 44.99 duralast?
MOOG! I have them on my truck and that name is synonamous with suspension parts.
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MOOG FTW. Don't ever cheap out on parts that are buried within other ones. Imagine the effort it takes to change ball joints, now imagine having to change them again because you cheeped out the first time.
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thanks guys thats why i asked yall. just wanted to know if anyone had any luck with the valucraft.

noob here so what does moog mean?
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Moog is the company name.
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Old 03-31-2009, 09:26 PM
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thats crazy that u say somethin bout that cuz i had my truck in the shop 3 weeks ago with my ball joints and i had bought the cheap valucraft ones and then bout two wks later i had it back in the shop gettin some more put in and i got the duralast so now they are good
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noob here so what does moog mean?
Bill Moog was the company founder.
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+1 on moog thats what i put in

try http://rockauto.com/ they were the cheapest on moog parts

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