dorman premium / xl sway bar links yay or nah?

[apollo18]

hey all gonna be doing sway bar links and other components on a 2014 acura rdx

i don't want to go greasable as its just another stressor for maintenance

looking at these or oem from rockauto

DORMAN SL50101PR - front's
DORMAN SL50525XL Premium XL - rear
DELPHI TC5628 - fronts
DELPHI TC5539 - rears
MEVOTECH GS608125 - front's
MEVOTECH MS60872 Supreme - rear


the dormans premium xl looks nice but maybe the silver paint is confusing me

i did some research on each of these parts, seems like everyone has an opinion on each so its hard for me to pick

these above seem to be all the non greasable ones so will pick from these or oem if thats what consensus agrees to

thanks!!

 

[Nukeman7]

None of the above, get the Japanese SANKEI 555 (front) SWB links and Korean CTR (rear) SWB Links from PartsGeek.

SANKEI 555 (front) SWB Links

CTR (rear) SWB Links

Both are sealed non-maintenance designs and are of the highest quality. Much, much better than Dorman, Delphi and Mevotech. Probably less expensive too.

 

[ctechbob]

Here's the logic I usually use.

If the part is easy to get to, and easy to replace, I will gamble with not necessarily the cheapest part, but the one that I'm most comfortable with that is reasonably priced.

Sway bar links fit that description.

If the part is a real pain in the rear to replace, or a critical component, it is OEM or best Aftermarket (Think Aisin Timing belt kit for Honda J Series cars, or pony up for real OEM parts)

 

[apollo18]

None of the above, get the Japanese SANKEI 555 (front) SWB links and Korean CTR (rear) SWB Links from PartsGeek.

SANKEI 555 (front) SWB Links

CTR (rear) SWB Links

Both are sealed non-maintenance designs and are of the highest quality. Much, much better than Dorman, Delphi and Mevotech. Probably less expensive too.

thanks boss would have never heard about these or known about these without your comment! much appreciated

 

[rtree]

I had Sankei 555 on my 2004 CR-V for about 35K miles and 2.5 years. The surface finish was very rusty even though they rarely saw road salt (North TX).

The Sankei were holding up fine functionally, but replaced them with Dorman XL while getting some front suspension work done. 10K miles and 0.5 years on the Dormans. No rust but they haven't seen road salt yet.

 

[Lubener]

The Dormans will be fine to use.

 

[Johnny248]

The Premium XL used to be the MAS Premium XL before Dorman purchased them. They are very good parts. Sometimes they don't align with pricing from other manufactures. I can tell you that I have a set of Premium XL outer's and links that have over 90k on them (Ram 1500) and are still tight as can be.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

CTR is the best brand to use for the sway bar links because they have a nut on the other end to make installation MUCH easier

With all the others, OE or aftermarket, they use this stupid hex key in the middle that likes to strip, making installation/removal impossible!

For your RDX, the fronts have different part numbers left and right

thanks boss would have never heard about these or known about these without your comment! much appreciated

CTR is a Korean OE supplier. They claim 1/3 of new cars have CTR parts from the factory. I have used their aftermarket parts, and they are good stuff

Sankei 555 is made in Japan, and good quality, but their prices have been going up lately, and are sometimes as much as OE, and you still don't get the nut to make installation easier.

Partsgeek sells CTR at a good price, or you can get the from Amazon (they are sold and shipped directly from CTR, so no worries about counterfeits)

 

[Capt W]

Here's the logic I usually use.

If the part is easy to get to, and easy to replace, I will gamble with not necessarily the cheapest part, but the one that I'm most comfortable with that is reasonably priced.

Sway bar links fit that description.

If the part is a real pain in the rear to replace, or a critical component, it is OEM or best Aftermarket (Think Aisin Timing belt kit for Honda J Series cars, or pony up for real OEM parts)

Your logic is uncommonly good. I do the same thing with most parts, including easy-to-access engine mounts.

 

[D60]

CTR is the best brand to use for the sway bar links because they have a nut on the other end to make installation MUCH easier

With all the others, OE or aftermarket, they use this stupid hex key in the middle that likes to strip, making installation/removal impossible!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way!

On new stuff I almost always run a tap through the provided locknut to eliminate the nylon or imperfect thread, and just use thread locker. It actually winds up taking way less time than fighting the locknut, hex, and praying.

 

[apollo18]

CTR is the best brand to use for the sway bar links because they have a nut on the other end to make installation MUCH easier

With all the others, OE or aftermarket, they use this stupid hex key in the middle that likes to strip, making installation/removal impossible!

For your RDX, the fronts have different part numbers left and right



CTR is a Korean OE supplier. They claim 1/3 of new cars have CTR parts from the factory. I have used their aftermarket parts, and they are good stuff

Sankei 555 is made in Japan, and good quality, but their prices have been going up lately, and are sometimes as much as OE, and you still don't get the nut to make installation easier.

Partsgeek sells CTR at a good price, or you can get the from Amazon (they are sold and shipped directly from CTR, so no worries about counterfeits)

Awesome thanks I found the ctr catalog so I’m just gonna run CTR all the way around. Front and rears


Amazon seems to have them but there’s a shipping wait but I found a site called Zoro which seems to have them. Seems to be a subsidiary of Grainger unless I’m wrong

Ty