Moog Parts up to the job?

[Bigjimmy]

Looking for some advice guys
My 2008 Denali needs upper control arms and lower ball joints and I was looking at Moog CK parts(premium grade as opposed to Moog RK cheaper stuff) as an upgrade but have seen some negative reviews on Moog parts lately should I look elsewhere?
I live in far off Bonny Scotland so I’d like to get this right first time as the import taxes are painfull!
Any advice much appreciated

 

[Bigjimmy]

Nobody recommend anything?

 

[Foggy]

The moog better line is perfectly acceptable.. Probably close to the oem gm parts.
moog has NOT been as good as it used to be though... but in many cases you have
no other good options. stay away from the RK line of stuff...
I've had good luck with the Mevotech Supreme Line -not the cheaper line and their
Tough Terrain Ball joints have looked, well, tough !!
I've gotten them from rockauto online

 

[Bigjimmy]

Thank you

 

[ls1frc]

I did all the moog ck and k stuff a year ago. Its held up great. Full front suspension with oem autoride struts. Rides amazing.

I did not do the rear control arms because it was just the R series stuff which is just chinese economy level stuff.

 

[Bigjimmy]

Thanks for that
Moog CK and K stuff ordered should be here in a couple of weeks

 

[ls1frc]

Cool. Don't overgrease the fittings like I did. My one control arm balljoint boot swelled and then kind of got out of place. Still holding up fine though.

 

[Drwinlied]

Thanks for that
Moog CK and K stuff ordered should be here in a couple of weeks

How those moog ck's holding up?

 

[Dustin Jackson]

How those moog ck's holding up?

@Drwinlied I redid my front end in the beginning of 2020 with Moog and its still perfect. Felt like things needed a month to break in (steering was very stiff in the beginning) but ever since then its very tight and smooth.

 

[Drwinlied]

@Drwinlied I redid my front end in the beginning of 2020 with Moog and its still perfect. Felt like things needed a month to break in (steering was very stiff in the beginning) but ever since then its very tight and smooth.

Excellent. I appreciate the info. I feel like a lot of the time the bad reputation of non-oem stuff is from folks buying the budget stuff vs at least the higher quality lines. I'm sure not always, but enough to influence.