brad11140

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Ok here is the deal. My suspension is the next big item for me. Steers great, but get a clunk over speed bumps and such. Feels loose when moving forward in short bursts, brakeing as well. So my plan is to replace all of the busings in the control arms and the steering rack. I dont want to replace components that dont need to be replaced. Shocks and springs will be replaced. Here are some pictures of my ball joints. To me, the lowers look good and the uppers seem to be questionable. Tell me what you think. I realize this should probably be in the suspension forum, but this section sees more traffic.

Drivers Side lower ball joint.



Drivers Side upper ball joint



Passenger lower ball joint



Passenger upper ball joint

brad11140

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Forgot to mention, that with the tire off I tried the test of grabbing the hub and looking for excessive play up and down. Both sides did not have any play.

jadu

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definitely replace the uppers.. mines were killed after a month of being lowered

Photon440

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---Steers great, but get a clunk over speed bumps and such. Feels loose when moving forward in short bursts, brakeing as well.---

Those are the same symptoms that I had, and I was ready to replace ball joints and bushings as well. But it turned out not to be the problem. After new shocks, the problem disappeared. The old ones were pretty loose inside.

-=Photon=-

brad11140

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Shocks are definatly going to be replaced, but those upper ball joints look pretty crappy, so I will probably replace just the uppers. Anyone know where I can find just stock springs. Dont want to buy from the dealer and all of the aftermarkets seem to be lowering springs. I dont want lowering springs.

brad11140

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I am pretty sure what response I will receive for this question. The dorman UCA's that you can buy on Rock Auto. Is there a huge difference in quality from the $280 OEM's from Lexus.

t70 supra

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hey rock auto has upper uca for 60.00

FatBrian81

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There is almost always stock springs in the classified section, I'm going to have some in there soon.

good2go

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First off, are they even aluminum?

brad11140

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With lowering springs from Eibach or Tanabe am I going to be sacrificing ride quality? I want to get that legendary ride quality back. I'm not a street racer nor do I have a desire to be. But I like the look of the body kits and the lower look does look better. So if I get lowering springs am I going to be fixing ball joints again in a year.

FatBrian81

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Not with a proper alignment.

t70 supra

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made in taiwan

brad11140

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Yes the Dorman UCA's are aluminum. Looks like $77 for the right and $85 for the left UCA. I think I might just go this route.