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Here is a post about USA made lower ball joints. The OP says that he cannot register on this site, so I am providing a link to his post to help anyone that needs these.

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/355253-19 ... nt-2157006
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O wow! I have actually been pondering buying a set myself, just to have them on hand for when it's necessary. Since it's been nearly 15 years and over 250k miles since I replaced Frankenstein's lower ball joints, and those replacements were used from an organ donor, I think the time for a next replacement may be nigh. However, I'd need to know in advance how much he's asking for them; I'd prefer to avoid the embarrassing awkwardness of being caught with a price that may be too high for me.

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Tony, you won't know what he wants for them until you ask him. If his price is too high for you, thank him and go looking for them somewhere else. He says that he does not need the 2020 full retail price.
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tomo wrote:Here is a post about USA made lower ball joints. The OP says that he cannot register on this site, so I am providing a link to his post to help anyone that needs these.

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/355253-19 ... nt-2157006

Tell him to use a computer. The anti-spambot measures don’t allow for registration from iOS devices or touch tablets. No idea when this will be supported.
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tomo wrote:Tony, you won't know what he wants for them until you ask him. If his price is too high for you, thank him and go looking for them somewhere else. He says that he does not need the 2020 full retail price.
These joints retail for $100/$200 for a US made Rare Parts (Via Auto Zone or OReillys) to $50 or a little less for a Moog ball joint on Ebay. Or under $30 on Amazon for a Moog K901 as referenced by the seller.
https://www.amazon.com/Moog-K9011-Ball- ... B000C560FC

NOS or a Ford branded joints (actually made by a vendor and not Ford) are no long available. So there is not a 2020 retail price for a NOS Ford part.
The seller claims these are TRW joints. TRW the company was purchased by a ZF Friedrichshafen a German Company 2015. Which would mean retail pricing from TRW stopped at least 5 years ago if not earlier.

The seller makes statements that many "need" these and out of 30 people that have looked should have called his phone number. And the joints are "beautiful in the blue boxes ++ N.O.S. ++"
Then there is a lack of transparency -
No asking price is listed
No pictures of the joints that would be beautiful in the blue boxes
No ratings (like ebay) on how this seller operates
And this sale would have NO warranty and may be no returns at all

Personally I would rather get a brand new ball joint with a warranty. With potentially better metal/rubber and grease. A company like Amazon, I have a lot of trust.
And this is the internet. How this virtual seller presents an item for sale is important. What has been posted so far, I get a bad feeling.
If I was face to face I can get to know more about how sincere the seller is and are these the real deal or am I being conned.

Which may speak volumes as to why this seller is not getting and traffic on this item.

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Action - I agree. The details offered by the seller are "lite".

Just for reference, when I replaced the front-end components on my '63 in 2018, I paid around $125 per lower ball joint for ones from Rare Parts. I think they have edged up a bit in price since then.
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Action wrote out my concerns better than I could have; he's exactly right on all accounts. Unless or until I got better info on what the seller is selling, I might stick to the E-Bay link that I have on my watch list. I'm not buying yet from either source, so that gives that one seller a chance to elaborate somehow; like Dan said, there are many ways he can do this, even if it's on the site he originally posted. One of the Top-3 "Buyer Beware" rules is to be reserved when no price is listed.

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