I like to use moog when I have to replace everything. sometimes though I use less expensive stuff, because moog stuff is almost $900 for a whole front end now. if I am replacing the lower arms I definitely go moog, but for uppers the dormans work well. On this truck I ordered a kit from TYM, which is dorman arms and unboxed masterpro tie rods. the idler is also masterpro from oreillys.
cut the rear mounts, everything looks great.
I dont want to gush but usually its about a 5 hour day to make mounts by hand cutting and then grinding and then welding. and its hard to get everything identical. these parts are identical like almost at a molecular level. I definitely need to get more steel, I have run through all my 11 gauge already.
I saved so much time I ran to pick up my latest finds, another guy who bought new parts for his truck. its a bed with fenders and no tailgate, and an entire front clip. most of it has been sandbalsted.
