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Konartis
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i was wondering i need new ball joints and i dont feel like buying the whole assembly from nissan i see various things out there.... Has anyone had this problem
i have an 03 350z 109xxx miles on it


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They are only sold as an assembly from nissan, but:

http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?mode ... rodid=3417

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That $200 difference represents a significant quality gap between those two parts.

Come to think of it I'm pretty surprised that SPL Parts doesn't have something available. Weird.

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I run the Megans and have had no problem. They are advertised as "roll center adjusters" which is BS, they are the same size as stock. For the $$ if your car is only a daily driver, I would go with Megan.

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AZ350Z wrote:I run the Megans and have had no problem. They are advertised as "roll center adjusters" which is BS, they are the same size as stock. For the $$ if your car is only a daily driver, I would go with Megan.
thanks my car is 100 percent stock im am going to try them out and post feedback. How many miles do u have on them???

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I have about 12k miles on mine and quite a few track days. Holding up fine.

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Im guessing from your description your talking about the ball joint at the bottom of the front spindle......

If so, its about $60 bucks for a set........u can see info on it here:

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sry for the delayed response. but have you used those?? How are they

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AZ350Z wrote:I run the Megans and have had no problem. They are advertised as "roll center adjusters" which is BS, they are the same size as stock. For the $$ if your car is only a daily driver, I would go with Megan.

What suspension set up do you have? I called Megan and they said that it should only be used on aggresively lowered cars.

However, I Don't want to pay $660 for knuckles, So if these work on stock suspension, I am all for it.

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Konartis wrote: thanks my car is 100 percent stock im am going to try them out and post feedback. How many miles do u have on them???


What Ball joints did you end up using, Megan or ebay? Do you still have stock suspension?

Thanks


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