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Alright ladies and gentlemen, if one were to buy all new front suspension components; what's the best on the market, back your opinion, good or bad.
I'm thinking of replacing the upper and lower ball joints, tie rod ends and adjusters, center link, shocks, bump stops and anything else the alignment shop says it needs.
Now who makes the best products?
(planning to use this thread to guide those in the future to the best purchase)
I'll preach OEM nissan for tie rods and ball joints all day long, i'm not a fan of moog anymore. If you buy the tie rod assembly from nissan (both tie rods and the adjuster) it costs less than buying just the tie rods separate. If you have aftermarket UCA's you can get the OEM WD21 upper ball joints, but you can't get the OEM lowers without buying the whole control arm assembly. I went with Napa chassis products for the lower balljoints but get the made in japan ones if you can, or at least the taiwan ones, stay away from the china ones they are utter garbage. I have one japan and one taiwan because I couldn't find another japan one out of 8 napa's in the area.
The OEM tie rods are too weak though, so, a no go for durability. WAAAY too many OEM are trail damaged, regularly. The HD ones from AC for example are beefier and hold up longer.
The ball joints MEANT for the X don't have enough flex, and are damaged by the range of motion on a lifted rig, so, instead of the OEM for the X, you get ones with more degrees of rotation, etc...so you don't tear the boots up, etc.