Tie rods MOOG or MEYLE
Going to echo what some people said. 2nd on moog from Rockauto. I've gotten my ZJ V8 Tie rod there and a few other TRE's off RA. So far no issues. The beefy ZJ tie rod will definitely be nice on trails. Less likely to bend unlike the XJ hollow piece of crap(have bent mine a tad before and alignment shops couldn't give me an good alignment because of that before being replaced). What others haven't mentioned- when you do the ZJ V8 tie rod you also get to add a slightly beefier TRE on the drivers side knuckle. That's a plus too.
I bought some Moogs from eBay a year or so ago for my '06. They were the cheapest I could find and they've been just fine.
I installed MOOG Tie rods.
This is a worthwhile upgrade for sure! I was about to drop some big bucks on heavy duty steering because after *every* off road trip my alignment was off. I don't wheel hard and I only have 32'' tires. Put on one of these and the alignment is fine. Even after a trip to Rausch creek playing in the rocks all weekend.
haven't had any issues with meyle tie rods from fcp euro. going on 8k miles
I like the quality and price of the Meyle tierods, and tierod ends (while they aren't the least expensive, they are much less expensive than VW/TRW replacements and the quality is excellent).
You do realize that tierod length is adjustable, don't you? Did you know that there are two different racks used by VW (TRW and ZF)? Are you sure that you received the correct parts? Meyle complete tierods for TRW steering racks are $20.XX from autohaus.az (with free ground shipping on orders over $50). That's less than many companies charge for just the outer tierod. Have you read the Bentley Manual about adjusting the initial overall length of a tierod when installing new ones?
I recently purchased the entire inner, and outter rods as a set, they were 23$ versus 25 for just the outer! Meyle... hmm..
I bought meyle ones from ecs and they are shot. Maybe 20,000 miles on them.
Meyle are good? My brother in law had a pretty bad experience with those from ecstuning with his parents' B5 Passat..they wore out faster than the OEM tie-rods.
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