whats everyones take on moog parts for upper control arms?
I need new control arm bushings.
should i replace whole control arm or can i replace just the bushings?

 

Moog is pretty good and comes with a lifetime warranty at most stores.

You can just replace the bushings but most likely if your bushings are bad then your ball joints are bad or about to be. I would replace the entire control arm which you have to to replace the ball joints.

 

Thank you.
I figured that just wanted a 3rd opinion

 

A good test to do to figure out worn components in your front end is to do a dry steer test. Learned this when working on Jeeps with Death Wobble.
On level ground with the vehicle running have someone turn the wheel back and forth about 3/4 turn both ways. You are in front of the vehicle looking at all of the components watching for any excessive play. If something isnt moving right away with the other components as well as any up and down or side to side motion then it is worn out,. You can also feel for any popping or movement with your hands but be careful there are a lot of moving parts.
Good Luck.

 

you can replace just the bushing on the lower control arm... if it's the upper control arms just replace them.. no need to replace everything on the lower control arm as it's serviceable

 

He clearly said upper. Did you not read it?

 

I recently installed Moog UCA's on my truck. I did it primarily for the ball joints. When I pulled my old ones off the bushing looked just fine. Actually the ball joints didn't really look that bad either, but since I was putting on new struts, I did most of the front end stuff. BTW my truck had about 115K miles when I did this and I think Moog quality is pretty good. Good luck.

 

I just replaced mine with Precision brand (I believe that is what the box said) from O'reilly's. They were less expensive than Moog and came with a lifetime warranty as well.

 

You 100% cannot beat Moog suspension components. I replaced the UBJs, LBJs, and OTRs with moog on my 04.

 

Also partial to Moog for reliability. I know other companies have lifetime warranties, but a good brand with a lifetime warranty versus a lesser brand with a lifetime warranty could mean the difference in having to replace them once and replace them five times. Five times replacing your inner / outer tie rods for "free..." that's not really free when you have to spend another $500 in alignments.