Don't waste your money on them! I have a front lower arm that has a noisy soft bushing, and a rear arm that has a bushing that has come loose in the arm so only half is still pressed in. These are less than a year old and I have not done any real off road thrashing. Buy quality the first time such as Moog or Raybestos arms.

 

good advice, I was just looking at them. How about the cheap tie rod/ball joint kits on Ebay? Has anyone had any experience with them?

 

Typically I stay far away from most/all ebay products.

 

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Just kidding... stay far away from those too

 

No, no, those are GREAT products....

 

You get what you pay for. Cheap is cheap. No matter which way you look at it.

 

I have found that if you buy anything automotive from eBay, you are buying blind. You can find some quality items that someone purchased from reputable sources and then decided not to use or whatever reason... But remember that often times suppliers make contracts with retailers to ensure their prices remain competitive, and that suppliers often times frown upon discount online sales of their products that are extremely below MSRP.

If it is way cheap, it often has less metal, or poor metallurgy, or cheaper electronic components, etc. An example would be some aftermarket cheap brake rotors. OEM weigh XX amount, but aftermarket weighs 30% less because it has less ventilation vanes, or the rotor is 1-2mm thinner on one or more sides, creating a product that wears sooner, seemingly keeping you in a pit of vehicle maintenance.

I recommend that you thoroughly research your part and ask knowledgeable people (Like BustedBack) about where to find a QUALITY part if you cannot do so yourself. Experienced home mechanics often know 25+ year professional mechanics and such that can find the right part you need of there isnt a local parts store around.

Spend the $25-100 more. If you cant afford it, cut back or save up but dont buy the cheap part so you just have to put in the quality part in the end, twice the effort.

 

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Ebay is 95% of my business and I typically try not to sell junk

As for the OP though, I agree with you. Stick with Moog or other reputable companies. Although Moog has started importing a lot of their products as well, on certain parts they are starting to look pretty cheap. Still a lifetime warranty though.

 

i buy and sell on ebay you just have to watch what it is if the price is to good to be true it probably is

 

Live and learn. Paying more for quality is always less expensive than buying cheap crap.