Is beck/arnley the oem supplier for 2000 lexus ls 400 lower ball joints?
Im sure people will say buy toyota oem, but there is a supplier who makes these parts for toyota, and I always like eliminating the middle man

 

b/a is reboxed..they don't make anything

 

Translation = "Junk"

 

Oem is not that expensive, or you can also look into raybestos as well.

 

I've only seen the Raybestos LBJs for 90-94.

 

No, reboxed does not mean junk, in fact, sometimes Beck-Arnley reboxes the real Toyota OEM part from Japan , it is just pot-luck, but generally speaking Beck-Arnley reboxes higher end parts, and not junk.

I actually like when I can find their reboxed parts at a good deal, and if they are made in Japan, I am all over it!

 

alot of the threads on here use beck LBJs, and they seem to be the most common out there. 90 bucks for the pair, got a couple other maintenance items as well

 

some of our Echlin(standard motor products) parts are reboxed oem

 

Don't recommend Raybestos ball joints!!! Mine could have gotten me killed today.

 

what happened?

 

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...bj-update.html

All is good and have one on order, not another Raybestos though.

 

What about those Upper Rear Ball Joints? All the others are easy to find. I'm doing a test project and shall see how it goes. I'm using a 2002 Toyota Tundra front ball joint. I'll let you know a year from now how that works out.

 

3 month should be enough...lol.....how does that Toyota Tundra ball joint work out on a LS400's rear control arm????

 

some of my b/ parts were made in japan, some in australia . definitely NOT junk

 

The Toyota Tundra ball joints are working good. They fit perfect in the arm using the clip as well. I just tack welded 2 spots on top just in case. It doesn't press in, but it is the tightest fit I found so far. I'm in good with the parts stores, so yes, we sat there in about 3 visits trying different ball joints. There are other out there worth checking, but I would have to order those. 1 being the Nissan 720 truck front ball joint 2 wheel drive, and the other was a Cressida. I did retaper it to fit better, but might not have to. The ride is AWSOME, couldn't ask for better..................unless I bought a newer Lexus...................if it has air ride.