ball joints front rght

[disco gazza]

Hi all,
Mate needs to do his ball joints on r/fr steering knuckle for rego.
Any recommendations on what is the better brand and where to get same.
He is in Sydney.

Any assistance great fully appreciated.

cheers
DG

[disco gazza]

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[disco gazza]

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[sierrafery]

Hi, i know nothing about stores in Sydney but to not search too much i can tell you that LR part numbers are FTC3570/FTC3571 but it should be a SKF store there and the SKF part numbers are VKDS 317502 / 317503 very good quality

[mrs]

In Sydney 3 that come straight to mind are Karcraft at Silverwater, TR Spares at Padstow or British Motor Imports at Mulgrave (near Windsor)

[PhilipA]

Lemforder brand is the OEM supplier.

Regards PhilipA

[Slunnie]

Lemforder brand is the OEM supplier.

Regards PhilipA

I had in my head that most people were recommending Lemforder.

[sierrafery]

Unfortunately "OEM" means almost nothing these days, IMO it's just a marketing scam, in general and strangely they use the G suffix for OEM when it should be for "genuine" while the genuines have the LR suffix, in this case just for fun you can google out FTC3570G and even though Lemforder is winning there are hits with Meyle, Delphi or others unbranded. Important is to be a well known reputable brand cos there is a huge variety for the ball joints, That's why i went for SKF and i-m pleased with them. Examples for the upper one: Just a moment... (https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/ftc3570)

[mrs]

I got some Lemforders from 4wd industries as at the time (18 months ago), most LR specialists only had Delphi. Lemforders seem to be a bit harder to get.

[disco gazza]

Thanks for the input guys....
Ordered some Delphi ones as the Lemforders seem to be in short supply.


cheers
DG