Originally Posted by frankbee3
Other than OEM suspension and steering parts, is there a high quality brand for such parts?
I just bough a steering link for my 92 Toyota pickup from O'reillys. Master something brand. I was disappointed how much alignment correction was needed. The Moog link was almost twice the cost. I don't mind spending more money for well made quality parts, but I don't have enough experience with front end work to know which brand to choose these days..
Depending on availability I use OE or Sankei 555 (mostly Asian makes and is OE on many), TRW, Lemforderer, Deeza, Kryptonite, Dynatrac, Poly Flex, PSB, Pro Forge and a few others.
The poly flex bushings are the best in the business for VW strut mounts bar none, PSB makes great sway bar mounts and rear axle carrier mount as does power flex. Kryptonite and Dynatrac are mostly for pickups.
I have been using Pro forge for a while now for most domestic and they seems to be very good quality, the finish holds up to NE winters and salt well,they are wearing well and the boots are fine, mostly made in Taiwan but to me that's preferable to made in India or China and assembled in the USA.
Napa carries 555 under their own Napa premium brand, you have to look for the marking in the store.
I don't use Moog if I can help it, some of the stuff is atrocious and not fit to be put on a car eg bushing made in India that is of such poor quality I literally threw them away as it would cost more to return them, threads in tie rod ends drilled and tapped off center, etc, this stuff is really garbage and its not getting better, the once good name is ruined.
Raybestos pro and Delco pro are not terrible and I use them before Moog, the Delco OE line is good stuff, the Advantage line is scrap metal. Mevotech, URO, Meyle, etc are all garbage. Someone said Mevotech has a new line so I tried it, one tie rod had a hole in the boot from careless assembly of the boot ring, that's that for me.
