jos51700
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I've emailed them along about part numbers and country of origin. I don't give a **** what specs they sent or how much they inspect them, if they're made in China, I'm not giving the commies my money.
73-76 LBP disc brake upper and lower. Uppers are an XRF K772 dont remember the numbers on the lowers. I wanted to upgrade to larger bolt pattern and easier to find parts I had locally.I thought they were in Canada too, but looks like US.
Going by their list(2009 date) they don't carry upper BJ K704.
Or lower bj K783 ?
@moparmat2000 which ones did you order? Looking for our 67 cuda, factory front disc, sbp.
The XRF ball joints are made in Taiwan.I've emailed them along about part numbers and country of origin. I don't give a **** what specs they sent or how much they inspect them, if they're made in China, I'm not giving the commies my money.
Those specific numbers, or just in general?The XRF ball joints are made in Taiwan.
According to the woman who works there that answered the phone, all of their ball joints are made in Taiwan. Supposed to be very good quality though.Those specific numbers, or just in general?
I'll actually use Taiwan stuff if it looks ok. Taiwan, the Republic of China, is actually different from China, the Peoples Republic of China. They still aren't top tier but they are consistently mid tier (in my opinion).
And they're not out to kill us.
Well I for one have been a front end alignment guy for 20 years, last was 15 years ago...
I'll stick with what has worked for me since the 80s and that has been Moog.
mevotech supreme ball joints are very decent. i've installed a ton of them and not had a lick of problems. delco gold is decent, definitely more hit than miss. proforged makes good stuff, i mostly use their lower bushings these days. dorman made in the usa is decent as well if you can find it.I'll wait for you guys to be the guinea pigs.
The reason I went with XRF is the fact that they are not retail box store parts. You cant buy them normally over the counter. I found 1 supplier in Michigan that would.
Well that's pretty bad when you have to order multiples 6 of the same part, just to get 1 or 2 that are in spec. That shows that their quality sucks.15 years ago moog was still okay.
these days not so much.
i had client that insisted on moog being used for his small bolt pattern front end rebuild. so i ordered up six of everything. on the upper ball joints four of the six were acceptable, on the lowers two were. with the lower bushings one of the six was within spec. i ordered four more and two were acceptable.
their offset upper bushings are still very good and that's all i run. the bump stops are perfectly fine as well, but everything else the QC is out the window.
mevotech supreme ball joints are very decent. i've installed a ton of them and not had a lick of problems. delco gold is decent, definitely more hit than miss. proforged makes good stuff, i mostly use their lower bushings these days. dorman made in the usa is decent as well if you can find it.