Moog is fine. Just don’t use the moog ball joints and install Sankei 555 or OEM ball joints and you’ll be fine. I am running Moog Suspention and Sankei ball joints. 4 years no issues.
Pros: 4 years no issues
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Personally that still looks good to drive if ball joint is still good. Keep an eye on it like say every 5k miles, but once the ball joint start to leak or has play then replace the while arm with a Mazda oem part (around 200), they are made in Japan so you know you will get 100k miles out of them.
Pros: good to drive, long-lasting
Cons: ball joint leak or play
Mileage: 8000 km
I got 60k miles out of Detroit axle ball joints and tie rods on a 04 2500 gasser, only switched them out because I needed a gear box so replaced everything with moog ordered from rock auto
Pros: Fairly happy on road
Cons: worried off road
Mileage: 96560 km
been using 555 upper and lower ball joints all year without issue so far.
They appear to be as good as the OEM ones, but we'll see. As long as they don't wear out 3x faster, it's savings in my pocket without restoring to buying chisesium grade parts.
Pros: good as OEM, savings
Cons: wear out faster
Moog used to be good but I’ve had weird quality issues with them.
Cons: weird quality issues
1st gent toyota tundra. Bullet-proof motor, solid transmission ; terrible lower ball joint design.
Pros: bullet-proof motor, solid transmission
Cons: terrible ball joint design
Vehicle:
Toyota Tundra
Somehow they’ve also managed to get their ball joints to wear out at a record pace.
Pros: wear out quickly
Cons: wear out quickly
Acdelco gold/professional line has greaseable. Acdelco is My go to. Moog is junk and doesn’t honor their warranty.
Pros: greaseable, go to
Cons: Moog is junk
Part number: 45D0103
Moog parts are dogshit these days unfortunately. I have failed to learn my lesson like 3x now, I keep losing ball joints and tie rods at like 30k.
Cons: losing ball joints, tie rods
Mileage: 30000 km
For Honda Accord/TL/TSX, all the aftermarket ball joints are junk. In my personal experience, Moog lower ball joints last 2-3 years, while most other brands will last a year or less.
Pros: Moog lasts 2-3 years
Cons: other brands last less
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
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- MOOG - 51 review. PR Score: 59, average rating: 3.0.
- OEM Toyota - 10 reviews. PR Score: 68, average rating: 3.8.
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