Guest Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 I am getting ready to rebuild my front end. When I called Kanter to order their kit I was told that they were out of stock on the upper ball joints. I looked around and found some at classicbuicks.com, but they are $80 ea. Does anyone know where I might find some cheaper upper ball joints for my car?Monetta disastrogirl@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our51super Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Hi,I found this :http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...;category=33580on eBay but I didn't see Wildcat listed under Buicks but I thought it may be worth a call/e-mail.Also try: Rare Parts @ 1-800-621-2005Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our51super Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 CARS Inc. (908-369-3666), has them for $80.25 each - must be the going rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 thanks for the input!Rare Parts was even more expensive! Yikes! The Wildcat is a full size Buick, so that is part of the problem. It seems like most of the performance rebuild kits are made for the midsize cars like the Special.Durnit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillEBuick Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I just put ball joints in my 67 skylark and got them from Auto Zone for 17.00 ea and they had them in stock BillE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Marx Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 Just a thought, as a swap meet vendor, I am always providing information about suspension and engine parts. I have regular customers who stop by my vending spaces to look up parts info. I recommend that you get the MOOG or TRW number and use that to shop around. I just got home from a business trip, but contact me this weekend and will give you the MOOG numbers. That way you can shop the swap meets for the part. I will check my stash, might have a set. Also, Rare Parts is probably the most expensive. But then again, they have them. If you can find the early MOOG/TRW ball joints, they will be a good quality part. See some of you at the Buick National. Dan Marxdmarx@voyager.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 A guy at an auto parts jobber told me that Moog had a warehouse of their old and discontinued parts. You had to know about it as not everyone did. If you can get ahold of a local jobber or auto supply store that does Moog parts, perhaps they can contact the corporate people to see if they have what you need. Only thing is -- no returns, and the amount of stock is limited. He said he'd found some suspension parts for a project from that warehouse too. It was about 10 years go that related that information.It sounded like you had to know who to contact to find out about it as most of the people behind the counter only know what's in their current catalogs.NAPA might be a source also. The many specialized Buick vendors are typically good people to deal with, even if the price is more than you might expect (although there might be other sources). By the same token, they have to make a living too.Just some thoughts . . .NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Marx Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 THE MOOG # FOR ALL 63-70 BUICK,(EXC SPECIAL AND SKYLARK), UPPER BALL JOINTS, IS K-5182. HOPE THIS HELPS. THE TRW # IS 10202.DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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