OK, so my daily (94 hatch) needs some TLC. It's been lowered on some Eibach sport springs on stock everything else. The ball joints are BLOWN OUT. I've had some camber and serious toe issues since I bought the car. Ive been fighting doing a suspension tune up and have just been buying used tires which usually last me about 2-4 months. and in the last week my front right has been giving me a wobble in low speeds, I don't think I helped it when I had to pry out the lower ball joint to replace my half shaft.

Since this is my daily and I don't want to throw a crap ton of money at it I was looking at options on eBay and was wanting some advice on a few things I picked out.

First is a whole front end kit for $195. With this kit I can replace everything and call it good.


Or I can go the cheaper route and get the tie rod ends and ball joints for $37.


Either way, I need to get this done and get a good alignment to fix my toe issue cause I would like to get a full set of matching tires and have them wear evenly.

Questions, comments concerns. I'll take all of them.. :thumb:

 

will it all work...yes. will it last as long as the original OEM stuff....NO!!

but...for a 94 car how much longer do you expect to keep it?...if it was my car i would go that route since the cost of the OEM/premium stuff is pretty expensive. and sometime those cheaper aftermarket parts will last long enough to get you around.

just make sure you have them properly installed and get a wheel alignment right away.

 

That's the plan. I was gonna install and the Pep boys literally around the corner from me have one of the good laser alignment machines to set everything square.

 

i would go for it then......

 

I just put that kit on my car litterally last month, their ball joints suck, the boots are terrible. The tie rods held up good though, and the control arms made a difference in the way the car felt overall, but the control arm bushings are not the proper size compared to the factory bushings, but they work. For the money its well worth the investment, but grab yourself a set of energy suspension ball joint boots and tie rod boots, and a grease tube. I found that some of the joints were missing grease completely.

 

also, theres no reason to replace the radius arm, so just seperate that from the lower control arm and replace just the front piece, it makes the job go a whole lot faster.

 

heres a quick pic of the drivers side i did, you will need endlinks

 

Damn, fix that oil leak you LAN.

 

chill chill, getting fixed next week lol