Good price or shop online?

[FuriousFords]

After driving the car on 2 semi long distances i made the decision to change my front suspension before even thinking of adding performance upgrades, it needs an alignment already but before doing so i wanted to change ball joints and tie rods. After reading so many threads on the subject i decided to go with moog; upper control arms, lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rods and monroe severe service front shocks, my question to everyone is i received a quote from my buddy that works at advanced autoparts, retail for all of the above is $735 and after his discount i"m looking at $518..oh and an additional $12 each for sway bar links. Should i get the parts from him and have them the next day or spend countless hours trying to get a cheaper price digging through numerous threads?worth the time?i drive short distances to work so time wouldn't be a problem i just hate having to compare prices, seems like a good price to me even though this is my first marauder. My brother and I will be doing all the work then an alignment shop right after, anything else i should take into consideration before moving on with my purchase?

Thanks and sorry for the long post

[tbone]

Check Rock Auto.

[lifespeed]

Don't forget the lower control arm bushings, sway bar pivots, steering rack boots, and SPC products camber adjustment bolt. I prefer the sealed Ford parts to Moog.

You might consider the ADDCO tubular #2272 sway bar and new wheel bearings as well.

Do it all, do it once.

[babbage]

After driving the car on 2 semi long distances i made the decision to change my front suspension before even thinking of adding performance upgrades, it needs an alignment already but before doing so i wanted to change ball joints and tie rods. After reading so many threads on the subject i decided to go with moog; upper control arms, lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rods and monroe severe service front shocks, my question to everyone is i received a quote from my buddy that works at advanced autoparts, retail for all of the above is $735 and after his discount i"m looking at $518..oh and an additional $12 each for sway bar links. Should i get the parts from him and have them the next day or spend countless hours trying to get a cheaper price digging through numerous threads?worth the time?i drive short distances to work so time wouldn't be a problem i just hate having to compare prices, seems like a good price to me even though this is my first marauder. My brother and I will be doing all the work then an alignment shop right after, anything else i should take into consideration before moving on with my purchase?

Thanks and sorry for the long post


+1 I did the same thing and got all Moog from Rock Auto (good price) for front suspension including endlinks. I used ENS Poly bushings for both front and rear sway bars. I did rear shocks too at the time.

Wow what a difference when it was all done.

[FuriousFords]

Thanks for the input guys, well I lifted the car and checked it all out and for now ill be changing the top control arms, lower ball joints and the shocks. Everything else still looks good, if I didn't have 4 cars to feed then I'd go through it all but this should hold me for a good while. I will also be going through the brakes for any worn parts.