[Shotimes] Tie Rods/Swaybar Endlinks

[Josh Salaets]

Hello Everyone,

Well it's time once again to replace one of my &*#%!#$ inner tie rods.  This
will be the FIFTH time I or someone I've hired has had to work on the tie
rods on this car in the 3.5 years I've owned it: I replaced the outers when
they started making noise about 6 months after buying the car.  Then I paid
someone to install some cheap inners 6 months later as preventative
maintenance.  These lasted 6 months, and had to be replaced by another set
when I took the car in for an alignment after lowering it.  Unfortunately I
had blown Koni from the factory that was causing EXCESSIVE wheel hop while
on a track day/trip to the Streets of Willow in SoCal that took out one of
the inners within two months.  That side was replaced 1 year ago, but now
the other side's bad!!!

The outer tie rods I bought from Napa 3 years ago were Napa Chassis (more
expensive brand) and still seem to be holding up quite well, so I'm debating
on using Napa Chassis parts for the inners, too.  The ones that are in there
right now are Moog EV127 inner tie rods.  Even though my outer tie rods and
swaybar endlinks are still okay, I'm considering replacing these while I'm
in there since it's been a couple years and about 30,000 miles.  So my
question is, what have all of you had the best luck with regarding these
parts?  I'm preferably looking for something I can pick up today at the
local auto parts store, but I could be swayed into ordering them online if
the part is really good and the price is right.

Thanks for any input!

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
NWSHOC Member
Aloha (Portland), OR