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Ball Joints?
Hey guys new to the tread. Okay here's the scenario. Got to the Tire shop were I purchased my tire's and had them take a look at a tire that had a nail in it then had them rotate all of them. The nail was only in the tread thank god. Mech, came back and said I had a loose ball joint on the driver side. Told me the bill Here's what it looked like:
Ball Joint 89.99 labor 89.00 alignment 70.00 total around 250 plus tax Is this to insane or what? I drove to work which is only 5 miles at the most and now it's pulling to the left a little bit, I think the kinda screwed up on the alignment. What say you guys. New to modding, replaced headlight,foglights,taillights and dome light first car that actually has A/C. :) |
$90 for a ball joint? Is it made out of gold?
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You got ripped bud. Steeda steel balljoints are ~100$ for both and can be knocked out by a novice in an afternoon, and if you paid for an alignment, they will probably(should) stand by their work and correct it. Did you tell them it stull pulling?
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Moog lower ball joint (p/n K500033) is only $42.79 from rockauto.com.
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USMC1775,
Hey Thanks for the information man. Yeah I didn't get them put in yet but the mech, said that they make them up fifty percent, of course it comes with a warranty. So if something goes wrong with it they'll fix it. Don't have the tools to do it or I would if I knew what I was doing. :) Oh I think they order Moog ball joints. Is their a difference between Moog and Steeda ball joints and if so what are they. Thanks again. Peace |
If it was I would of sold it. :)
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Originally Posted by 05stang2010
(Post 7199167)
Hey guys new to the tread. Okay here's the scenario. Got to the Tire shop were I purchased my tire's and had them take a look at a tire that had a nail in it then had them rotate all of them. The nail was only in the tread thank god. Mech, came back and said I had a loose ball joint on the driver side. Told me the bill Here's what it looked like:
Ball Joint 89.99 ( Comes with warranty too!) 50% mark up labor 89.00 alignment 70.00 total around 250 plus tax ( Or Both for 379. ) Is this to insane or what? I drove to work which is only 5 miles at the most and now it's pulling to the left a little bit, I think the kinda screwed up on the alignment. What say you guys. New to modding, replaced headlight,foglights,taillights and dome light first car that actually has A/C. :) |
Yeah I found one for 43.00 on ebay Raybestos or something. :) I went back in to bargain with the price too but they mark it up fifty percent b/c they add a warranty with it. So if something goes wrong with it they'll fix it. Peace thanks for the information too.
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Get good ball joints. If you have a cheapo and it fails your car WILL leave the roadway. A totaled car or dying isn't worth saving a few bucks.
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I replaced my balljoints with the ones from steeda in about 6 hours. You can rent the tools from most places like advance auto or autozone, and get yourself a Haynes manual. Its really not that hard to do.
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